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Beerman

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It's not an entirely illogical point


Section 230 basically makes Twitter a town square. Anyone can show up and say anything they want, and it isn't really Twitter's fault. They aren't specifically publishing anyone's speech, they are just letting everyone's voice be heard.

And that works so long as Twitter doesn't limit those voices. When they do so for reasons not specifically named as criminal (or otherwise legally "bad"), they are promoting (or censoring) specific voices based on their own opinions. They have ceased being a town square, and are now a newspaper with an extremely large and permissive "Letters to the Editor" page.

Of course, that all hinges on whether applying a "fact check" link to the speech of a public figure qualifies as any of that. That seems an extremely tenuous argument to make.

It is, however, poor Conservative victimhood gold. It's hard to be a white man in America.

(In response to this post by WahooMatt05)

Posted: 05/28/2020 at 1:28PM



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Current Thread:
  Fascist ** -- 79 Wahoo 05/28/2020 3:09PM
  Yet the GOP Senate takes care of him. ** -- HoosWillWin 05/28/2020 1:58PM
  There is that ** -- Plano Hoo 05/28/2020 2:06PM
  Moved on it like a bitch ** -- hooshouse 05/28/2020 1:10PM
  They also hate big govt. ** -- UVALAX121 05/28/2020 1:03PM
  There you go thinking GOPs have principles again -- Beerman 05/28/2020 12:42PM
  Is Twitter a platform or a publisher? ** -- hoothat 05/28/2020 12:40PM
  It's not an entirely illogical point -- Beerman 05/28/2020 1:28PM
  The conclusion of the article I posted -- WahooMatt05 05/28/2020 2:27PM
  You couldn't be more wrong -- Beerman 05/28/2020 2:30PM
  I’m relying on lawyers here -- WahooMatt05 05/28/2020 2:36PM
  I agree with you -- Beerman 05/28/2020 3:07PM
  Ah, I see what you said. My bad. ** -- WahooMatt05 05/28/2020 3:18PM
  Soapbox is about outrage, not thought ** -- HokieDan95 05/28/2020 12:56PM
  Incidentally, that's a thing -- Beerman 05/28/2020 1:30PM
  I have a shrine to him ** -- HokieDan95 05/28/2020 1:45PM
  @hoothat. Go forth and prosper. ** -- hooshouse 05/28/2020 1:32PM
  You call other's trolls...while trolling. ** -- hoothat 05/28/2020 1:29PM
  So no point - got it ** -- HptHokie 05/28/2020 12:45PM
  Wow.Wooosh. -- hoothat 05/28/2020 12:47PM
  They fact check Iranian propaganda often... -- hoothat 05/28/2020 12:58PM
  Why does that dichotomy have to be? What I'm asking is, why -- southdenverhoo 05/28/2020 1:43PM
  Then it's not a platform. -- hoothat 05/28/2020 1:46PM
  Wow. -- hoothat 05/28/2020 1:53PM
  Your first mistake was assuming I'm a "liberal" ** -- HptHokie 05/28/2020 12:44PM
  I don't make mistakes. ** -- ryno hoo 05/28/2020 12:45PM
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