The Soapbox

RML Hoos

Joined: 11/04/2004 Posts: 1836
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If you are going to make this point, a better framing would be suppressing


or limiting speech. Private enterprise has all the right in the world not to publish what it does not agree with or want to publish.

Perhaps frame it this way. Most people want the USA to be the best it can be. People generally agree that the free exchange and debate of ideas/policies is beneficial to a functioning democratic republic. Many would agree that underrepresented peoples or unpopular ideas are needed in the public square. If these are true, is it an ultimate good or bad for our society for, say Twitter, who has every right to publish whatever they want on their platform, to suppress the writings / ban lots of people with abhorrent, false or even dangerous ideas or political views? What about ideas Twitter just disagrees with? Is it better to remove and try to hide these ideas, get them totally out of the main steam or to debate, discuss, refine or refute them in the main steam? Should different ideas get different treatment? Is advocating violent revolution the same as yelling fire in a crowded theater? How do we want these things decided?

If you want to debate, ask something like that, let’s get a starting place we can agree with and then work from there to discuss specifics.

(In response to this post by Charleston Cav)

Posted: 01/11/2021 at 5:01PM



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Fascist like canceling free speech. -- Charleston Cav 01/11/2021 3:44PM
  Can't yelll fire in a theater. -- aint2Hokie4me 01/11/2021 5:31PM
  Sentence fragment -- TomGlansAski 01/11/2021 4:58PM
  Big lies told time and again are still lies. -- Chuck Taylor 01/11/2021 4:53PM
  So...you're Antifa now? ** -- Beerman 01/11/2021 4:43PM
  Lame take. Care to expand?** -- THECZAR 01/11/2021 4:35PM
  LOL. It's as free as the free market gets -- Fuzzy Dunlop 01/11/2021 4:33PM
  No free speech has been canceled ** -- 111Balz 01/11/2021 4:25PM
  Can you elaborate? Which free speech has bee cancelled? -- Capital City Hoo 01/11/2021 4:05PM
  Not a fan of the free market, I see. ** -- VAGentleman05 01/11/2021 5:00PM
  That is just a sad retort ** -- ftwuva 01/11/2021 5:02PM
  Well boo hoo then new hoothat** -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 5:03PM
  LOL this is very very sad -- ftwuva 01/11/2021 5:13PM
  Starbucks for me:) ** -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 5:37PM
  Of course it is, you latte liberal. :-) ** -- Hoodafan 01/11/2021 5:39PM
  Maybe shen would actually show up ;) ** -- ftwuva 01/11/2021 5:34PM
  What does any of that have to do with Fascism? ** -- Beerman 01/11/2021 4:37PM
  LOL- please tell me you're joking? -- Capital City Hoo 01/11/2021 4:31PM
  Murder and insurrection cross the line ** -- Brown Water 01/11/2021 4:52PM
  Not anymore ** -- Brown Water 01/11/2021 5:01PM
  Why is this so hard to understand ** -- Brown Water 01/11/2021 4:27PM
  Because I'm an idiot? ** -- FfxStationHokie 01/11/2021 4:29PM
  Hey now, idiots matter. ** -- Guy LeDouche 01/11/2021 5:08PM
  Free dumb, baby ** -- Brown Water 01/11/2021 4:43PM
  Trump cannot hold any more press conferences ** -- FfxStationHokie 01/11/2021 4:12PM
  He doesn't know, he just heard it on Fox. ** -- 81_Hokie 01/11/2021 4:10PM
  Good thing there is the Soapbox, eh? ** -- Guy LeDouche 01/11/2021 4:00PM
  Be careful. "Don't tread on him." ** -- Blah 01/11/2021 4:01PM
  Oooh, that sounds like grievance! ** -- TomGlansAski 01/11/2021 4:55PM
  Poor thing lost his Parler account. #Smh #Tragical ** -- FTJ Mackey 01/11/2021 3:59PM
  Hippos ** -- SCHOO 01/11/2021 4:00PM
  Hey, it's Dr. Treadmill. ** -- Blah 01/11/2021 4:51PM
  Derp. ** -- ResistHoo 01/11/2021 4:57PM
  Something about Congress making a law..... ** -- walkthecorner 01/11/2021 3:54PM
  Comgress shall pass a law forcing private -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 4:01PM
  Wait. You can no longer advocate murder -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 3:55PM
  Tough titty. ** -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 4:55PM
  Sure you are a facist as well as stupid ** -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 5:01PM
  LOL ** -- ftwuva 01/11/2021 5:28PM
  Riff his line intentionally ** -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 5:33PM
  Yes only hoothat ever typed LOL.....LOL ** -- ftwuva 01/11/2021 5:41PM
  Then, well played! ** -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 5:54PM
  And this used to be a free country. ** -- southdenverhoo 01/11/2021 4:07PM
  Maybe stop calling for death to Pence or give instruction -- walkthecorner 01/11/2021 3:50PM
  You did hit on a good point there but -- ftwuva 01/11/2021 4:20PM
  Point taken. ** -- walkthecorner 01/11/2021 3:56PM
  ANTIFA’s not here, man. ** -- Molina 01/11/2021 3:46PM
  Private companies are now considered fascist? ** -- walkthecorner 01/11/2021 3:46PM

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