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really don't think this is gonna impact Twitter at all outside of the usual groups & their performative "protests"
Elon Musk trying to buy Twitter (edit: deal has been finalized)
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- Aug 2, 2006
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this is a philosophical/legal argument. go argue with someone else about that.I’ve made the argument previously and it still stands. Large social media companies like Facebook and Twitter should be treated more like sidewalks due to their scope.
Obviously, Twitter is not a sidewalk just like an apple is not a banana split.
Here’s an article, from the American Bar Association, explaining the argument:
In the Age of Social Media, Expand the Reach of the First Amendment
The time has come for the First Amendment to be extended to cover powerful private social media entities such as Facebook and Twitter that can limit, control, and censor speech.www.americanbar.org
im just talking about what i think makes business sense.
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Again, I just chuckle at the fact that government largesse and a first-mover advantage have been completely forgotten when people talk about Musk's business acumen
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So he didn’t want to join the board and follow rules and own a smaller % of shares or be held to any censorship. So he buys the whole company? Is that to be appreciated or carry a sense of worry?
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#BestForBusiness
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Surely legality and business objectives aren’t mutually exclusive.
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yeah im sure billionaires buy media companies all the time with free speech in mind
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Depends on which side of the line you are on
The woke are worried about the racist sexist homophobic trans hating nazis that are coming
Everyone else either appreciates it or is indifferent
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Buying Twitter is racist?
swendro
formerly swendro88
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Racists, sexists, homophobic trans hating nazi's appreciate it.
Well, who can argue with the purchase then?
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Apparently everyone who shares your beliefs
swendro
formerly swendro88
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My belief that it's totally cool for racists, sexists, homophobic trans hating nazi's to be banned from twitter?
Air Champa
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Didn't know Shaun King was still a thing.
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It becomes a problem when we start labeling anyone who disagrees with our own personal beliefs a racist, sexist, homophobic trans hating nazi
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People have been getting banned/suspended on Twitter since the Twitter Whale days...it only became a problem/censorship thing when rich people or people with big followings got banned.
Some of those people crying about YouTube/Twitter censorship are fine with banning certain books from schools/not teaching about slavery etc. Yet they were mad about those Dr Suess books getting pulled.
Conservatives/religious people are the founders censorship/violating free speech. They tried to ban Harry Potter books back in the day. Fast Forward the other side wants to cancel the author.
Some of those people crying about YouTube/Twitter censorship are fine with banning certain books from schools/not teaching about slavery etc. Yet they were mad about those Dr Suess books getting pulled.
Conservatives/religious people are the founders censorship/violating free speech. They tried to ban Harry Potter books back in the day. Fast Forward the other side wants to cancel the author.
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So zero accountability? Zero censorship? So when kids start getting OD bullied and people get crazy harassed and attacked, it's all good? It's their right to bully and harass?
Elon is such a busta
Elon is such a busta
Air Champa
formerly champa
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Somebody should see if they can get "Tesla causes cancer" trending and see what happens.
swendro
formerly swendro88
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Racist sexist homphobic trans hating nazi's label people who disagree with them as woke.
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Someone please tell me I am misreading this deal. He paid 80X Ebitda for this? twitter Revenues have declined every year over the past 5 years? Twitter LOST money last year?!
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That was a nasty shimmy.
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Yeah, sure that's the case
I'm sure it has nothing to do with moral righteousness
Some woke clown labeled me a misogynist for refusing to care about pattern baldness
Guess I deserve to be banned for my "sexism" as opposed to refusing to share someone's beliefs
