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Dana Pico notes more freedom of speech double talk from the left. The Left LOVES freedom speech, LOVES it! Unless it actually means more freedom of speech
One of the Times Editorial Board members, Greg Bensinger, opined that Twitter under Elon Musk will be a scary place, because, Heaven forfend! it might allow Donald Trump back on the platform, and that:
central to (Mr Musk’s) vision for the service is for it to be an “inclusive arena for free speech,” but users should understand what that phrase means: It means free speech for people like Mr. Musk, a billionaire and the world’s richest man. Even as Twitter’s board on Monday was debating his offer of $54.20 per share, which it accepted, Mr. Musk was setting the tone for his leadership by tweeting that Securities and Exchange Commission officials were “shameless puppets.”
How sharp is this guy huh? He is, apparently shocked that freedom speech is for, EVERYONE! Even really rich people! Even Donald Trump! Even Conservatives!
Loosening content moderation, as Mr. Musk appears poised to do, won’t make Twitter a better place; that will make it far more toxic. Under the notion that more speech is the best antidote to harmful speech, earnest users can probably expect to be shouted down even more frequently by trolls and bots. (I am hopeful Mr. Musk was serious when he said he’ll “defeat the spam bots or die trying!”)
Female Twitter users, in particular, ought to worry about whether Mr. Musk will bring his apparent disdain for women to the company he is about to own. Twitter is already a toxic place for women who use it, particularly those of color.
Again, Twitter has plenty of harsh comments now. And, frankly, can we stop this whining about “mean comments” and “safe spaces”. For the left a “safe space” is a space that is just an echo chamber with no dissent against Leftist claptrap. Frankly, the left, even many Karens like Bensinger the Butt Hurt whine about freedom speech as if their ears are made on lace. And, truthfully, the left is as nasty as any Conservative, and often nastier. That comes with freedom speech. No matter how many fake tears the left sheds!
