You don't live in a town, though. You live in a privately owned-and-operated digital Olive Garden, which Elon Musk bought and made Confederate Flags mandatory or whatever. The town already decided that's okay a few hundred years ago, and reversing that stance would require pushing out all the restaurants people know and love.
Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended
by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:35PM
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you can beat any analogy to death, it doesn't mean you should.
Twitter is not analogous with a town, though. That's the thesis of my original comment, and I'm using your metaphor to explain how Twitter is not a public asset.
Re:ElonJet Is Now Suspended
by P5fRxh5kUvp2th on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @04:32PM
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You've gotten lost in the weeds, my original comment said town hall (or town square if you prefer), and twitter IS analogous to a town hall where people gather to speak to audiences.
Town got pulled in when I pointed out that rights over speech wrt to these places still exist even though someone can move to a different town (to presumably gain access to a different town hall).
> And people can just move to a different town, that doesn't stop us from having laws in place to guarantee rights in the current town.
Towns are municipalities, twitter is a private company. The more I look at this metaphor, the less it makes sense
And people can just move to a different town, that doesn't stop us from having laws in place to guarantee rights in the current town.