Musk Critics Including Laura Loomer Claim Censorship on X, Loss of X Badges

[u/Doctor_Byronic]

https://www.cf.org/news/musk-critics-including-laura-loomer-claim-censorship-on-x-loss-of-x-badges/

[u/Dead-as-a-Doornail]

Muh private company

[u/Doctor_Byronic → u/Dead-as-a-Doornail]

If your point is that X is a private company and Musk can do as he pleases there, then sure, I don't disagree with that. I just don't want to hear him refer to himself as a "free speech absolutist" again if he's going to make a habit of retaliating against speech he doesn't like.

[u/Dead-as-a-Doornail → u/Doctor_Byronic]

My point is they were crying "private company" when Twitter was censoring conservatives.

Sure, if Musk is censoring speech in retaliation he's being a hypocrite, but so are they for crying about it.

[u/Doctor_Byronic → u/Dead-as-a-Doornail]

Who you mean by "they"?

I would assume by your first sentence you mean liberals, but by your second sentence it sounds like you're talking about the conservatives in this article.

[u/Dead-as-a-Doornail → u/Doctor_Byronic]

I got confused between Laura Loomer and a leftist by a similar name that I can't recall, my bad.

For what it's worth, I also disagree with Musk on these visas.

[u/Awesome_Orange → u/Doctor_Byronic]

He is a free speech absolutist tho, freedom of speech does not mean freedom of reach

[u/JediJones77 → u/Awesome_Orange]

Freedom of speech is a right that all Americans have, not just for people who own media companies. A social media company cannot selectively exclude some people from having the same freedom to speak as others. That is grossly unconstitutional. It's the same principle as the "equal time" clause. It isn't free speech or constitutional to give Kamala an hour of free air time on ABC but not also offer the same to Trump.

[u/Awesome_Orange → u/JediJones77]

He is giving everyone equal time on the same platform though