Free political speech is what we're fighting for. That's what people mean when they say free speech. Free speech, as you seem to understand it, doesn't really exist. The few places it does exist, are some of the darkest, most vile places on the internet. They have their uses, but by no means should they be the model for the new public square.
So why are you here? You can go get your free speech at 4chan or 8kun or voat. Instead you choose to be here, a very censored site. You seem to be operating under some strange understanding of what they are trying to create. Trump's social media will operate in much the same way.
I've been on the chans for years and spend all kinds of time there. But when someone claims they're releasing the ultimate free speech site, then bans a handful of words, it's hypocritical. I'll still use Frank, but it's stupid he's leaning so heavily into free speech, then banning stuff out of the gate.
It's no more weird than people expecting you to not swear at them in public. A public social media platform where people can express all manners of opinions is a free speech platform and banning cussing doesn't detract from that at all. In fact, it increases the dialogue between the varying sides. People are forced to argue their sides politely instead of just cursing each other out.
Free political speech is what we're fighting for. That's what people mean when they say free speech. Free speech, as you seem to understand it, doesn't really exist. The few places it does exist, are some of the darkest, most vile places on the internet. They have their uses, but by no means should they be the model for the new public square.
It doesn't matter what you think people mean when they say Free Speech, free speech is already defined.
So why are you here? You can go get your free speech at 4chan or 8kun or voat. Instead you choose to be here, a very censored site. You seem to be operating under some strange understanding of what they are trying to create. Trump's social media will operate in much the same way.
I've been on the chans for years and spend all kinds of time there. But when someone claims they're releasing the ultimate free speech site, then bans a handful of words, it's hypocritical. I'll still use Frank, but it's stupid he's leaning so heavily into free speech, then banning stuff out of the gate.
It's no more weird than people expecting you to not swear at them in public. A public social media platform where people can express all manners of opinions is a free speech platform and banning cussing doesn't detract from that at all. In fact, it increases the dialogue between the varying sides. People are forced to argue their sides politely instead of just cursing each other out.