From Wash Post:
"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) urged followers of her official congressional account to follow the revived, “unfiltered” personal account on the platform, the Hill’s Rebecca Klar reports. Twitter in January suspended the account for violating its policy on covid-19 misinformation in January.
Taylor Greene is the latest high-profile, previously suspended account to be allowed back on the platform in the wake of Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter. Ye, the rapper previously known as Kanye West, tweeted on the platform on Sunday, CNBC reported. Twitter had restricted his account after posting antisemitic tweets. Musk on Friday announced he was restoring accounts belonging to Canadian professor Jordan Peterson and the satirical Babylon Bee, which had been suspended for misgendering an actor and a Biden administration official."
So, Elon's "free speech" agenda is ...?
@rrb free speech.
@obi Seems leaning a bit in one direction. I do not see Ye, Jordan Peterson, or Taylor Greene as people involved in discussions. They seem mainly involved in inciting violence and various forms of racism/misogyny.
@rrb Also, racism and misogyny are largely subjective, and legal speech. I think they should be judged here in the court of public opinion.
I don't here outrage about left wing voices not being present on Fox News. The debate seems to be what Germans would call "blind in the right eye." But as far as ther
Taylor Greene:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-democrats-violence/index.html
Not to mention Jewish space lasers
Jordan Peterson:
"Violent attacks are what happens when men do not have partners, Mr. Peterson says, and society needs to work to make sure those men are married.
“He was angry at God because women were rejecting him,” Mr. Peterson says of the Toronto killer. “The cure for that is enforced monogamy. That’s actually why monogamy emerges.”"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/style/jordan-peterson-12-rules-for-life.html
Forcing women into marriage sounds pretty sick to me.
Ye:
Death Con 3 for Jews?
@rrb I will have to read those quotes in full context to get a better idea. Fox news is a biased news source, as with most. Not sure what any of these examples has to do with free speech, or the inciting of violence. Just because u or I don't like someones speech, doesn't mean its not legal. If we didn't have the freedom of thought, or the freedom of expression, we would all still think the earth was the CE term of the universe.
@obi Marjorie Taylor Greene saying that Dem. politicians should "get a bullet to the head." Seems clear. Peterson's wanting "enforced monogamy" for all women seems a tad anti-women. Ye has issues.
@rrb seems the opposite for Peterson. Seems like he's forcing monogamy on men. But I have to read more into quotes context. If that Taylor Greene is absolutely accurate, I might agree on that with you. But again, quotes out context, or quotes only acknowledged from one political party show bias. Biden is still on Twitter. He has spread misinformation many of times. Things like "I went to (Syracuse) law school on a full academic scholarship. Ended up in the top half of my class. I won the international moot-court competition. . . . I was the outstanding student in the political science department (as an undergraduate). . . . I graduated with three degrees from college" were all misinformation/lies. Journalists fact check it, he gets called out and drops out race. But he should be allowed to say what he want with no legal action, its free speech, just like when he said "the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy." When talking about Obama. I think we both agree this is a very poor statement, but I think he should be allowed to say it.
@rrb I actually agree 100% with this statement.
@obi Would agree with 90% of what you are saying and I would want to let everyone run their mouth.
Am getting annoyed about the right wing feeling aggrieved and somehow thinking that they have no right to speech, just because some people call out racism.
Also, some of the current rhetoric is fueling violence against Jews, protesters, women. Shutting them up won't help, but people should pay more attention.
The new ACLU is silly.