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hoolstoptheheels

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Why? Because I feel a need to defend Twitter? The admission you want me


To go on record with is this is because Twitter is anti-Trump? Or liberal? Or that they were motivated by a political judgement now? My Leaps would be no, no, yes. They could not possibly be anti-Trump in general given how Trump has used them for years. I don’t actually think they are liberal per se, because plenty of nutty right wing speech has flourished there. They made a judgement call now - strong feelings about coups, or strong feelings that Trump could easily tip his mobs into widespread violence now.

I don’t see what any of this has to do with anything. I’m not a fan of Twitter. I don’t defend prior decisions they’ve made to allow any and all speech and not worry about disinformation or anything else, or how they’ve applied controls under pressure since.

It’s just that they are not the govt, and can’t “censor”. They can control too much market share. I suspect they do, and if it takes the Trump ban to bring left and right together about all kinds of problems with social media, good.

(In response to this post by psychobilly)

Posted: 01/10/2021 at 5:49PM



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