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Re:SpaceX no longer taking losses to produce Starlink satell... by threeseed on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @04:54PM (#37501590)
Since acquiring Twitter he has switched on the hate spout: enabling white supremacists, promoting trans-phobia, emboldening anti-semitics, attacking anyone who disagrees with him and using culture war politics as a tool rather than something to be avoided.

He's become Trump 2.0.

And that unsurprisingly has led many people, including myself, to do a complete 180° on our support for who he is as as person and by extension his accomplishments.

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Re:SpaceX no longer taking losses to produce Starlink satell... by WalterBright on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @05:51PM (#37502216)
His accomplishments are enormous - showing how to make electric cars at a profit, and cutting the cost of space launches by 90%. And now Starlink, too.

Standing up for free speech includes standing up for the right to express ideas you don't like. I'm sure he'll allow you to post your opinions, too.

Suppressing free speech is the first step towards tyranny.

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Re:SpaceX no longer taking losses to produce Starlink satell... by threeseed on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @07:06PM (#37502843)
Just be mindful that the US is the only country that has this attitude towards free speech.

Everyone else including Western countries like UK, Australia, Canada etc have a different take. Which is that hate speech is not conducive to a healthy society and that it doesn't lead to tyranny. Whatever that even means in modern discourse.

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Re:SpaceX no longer taking losses to produce Starlink satell... by mardifoufs on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @08:09PM (#37503281)
What did musk say that you think would be considered hate speech in Canada ?
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Re:SpaceX no longer taking losses to produce Starlink satell... by hidl on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @06:39PM (#37502630)
Twitter has now become an excellent tool for radical feminist women to organize without fearing being banned for upsetting men's feelings, as was the case with the old Twitter regime.

For example, Meghan Murphy (founder of Feminist Current) had her previously banned account restored after Musk's reforms, and has again been using Twitter as an outlet for her activism and to connect with other many other feminist women since then.

So even if Twitter may have become something of a "hate spout" in your view, there are benefits to Musk's commitment to free speech being seen elsewhere on the platform.

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