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Re:The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended by ZGDUwpqEWpUZ on Friday October 28, 2022 @04:33PM (#33377523)
> I believe Babylon Bee should've been suspended not because of any moral issue but because Twitter was not a governmental entity

You believe they should have been suspended because they could have been? What gibberish.

This is very much a moral issue. The fact that Twitter isn't a governmental entity is irrelevant. They have a huge platform with a corresponding influence on our culture and debate. Everyone accepts this or we wouldn't have just watched three years of arguments about COVID misinformation.

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Re:The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended by MollyRealized on Friday October 28, 2022 @08:48PM (#33379801)
"Congress shall make no law [...] abridging the freedom of speech."

Congress, not Twitter.

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Re:The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended by thekashifmalik on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:53PM (#33380204)
Freedom of speech exists as a philosophical concept outside of the 1st amendment. The 1st amendment is simply the application of that concept to the American constitution.
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Re:The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended by xigoi on Saturday October 29, 2022 @12:01PM (#33385248)
Do you consider anything moral that doesn't violate the law?
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Re:The Babylon Bee's Twitter account is no longer suspended by ZGDUwpqEWpUZ on Saturday October 29, 2022 @02:52PM (#33386903)
Umm, I didn't even mention free speech.
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