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.
Musk does not seem very forgiving of speech that counters him.
Frankly, he seems to be more of a bully.
My own view would be aligned with the old ACLU protecting the rights of Nazi's to march.
But, I do see connections between the Rep. campaigns demonizing gays and trans with the latest mass shootings.
The way the rhetoric is going now is seeming more like anti-semitism in Germany in the 1930s.
I do not see this as a free speech issue. And the right wing adoption of "free speech" seems hypocritical to me.
I do not think Musk is going to draw more advertisers by promoting these voices.
@rrb I am aligned with the old ACLU as well, but the old one wouldn't be aligned with the new one, or current thoughts. That's fine, we all have opinions.
I agree on one layer with you about musk on advertising, but the next layer of the onion I wouldn't. While public ally advertisers will show concern, they will go where the money is, and userbase.
@rrb I talked with a few people the other day about the shooting. 2 f us disagreed with the one that said that Boeberts tweet "children should go to church, not drag shows" directly resulted in the CO shooting. I obviously thought this w as a ridiculous stretch, guessing you may agree with him.
@obi Not directly resulted. But, I think the year long anti-trans campaign by Republicans definitely added to it. Part of it is triggering people on the edge.
@rrb I've still to see only speculation on the shooters motives, but find it plausible its a hate crime. I just like to wait on all evidence and disregard conjecture before I make a hard stance.
@obi OK. But, lots of right wing violence happening lately. Worries me. Hope this starts to calm down. Some of this rhetoric does not help.
@rrb your not going to like this, but I think you might think there is a lot of right wing violence, because that's all the news shoves in your face. Same goes for Fox news watchers. One type of violence shoved in there face. I think violence is typically distributed thru all political persuasions. Personally I think the whole point of both of these narratives is to further divide people. If you split the country in 2, the people will look to there peer opponents, instead of looking to all the wrong doing of the people that govern them, and the elites in the oligarchy. But that's just me.
There is the polarization, but a lot of that is having only 2 parties. Two parties is a product of the "first past the post" electoral system. And, both sides wanting to whip up their sides. I do not really like either side.
But, the leftist rhetoric is too whiny, boring and detached to trigger violence. It is just totally boring and ineffective. There is also the reflexive immediate offense to any statement no matter how well intended. Where the right side is getting pretty close to directly telling people to go out and kill people.
This BBC documentary has some examples:
@rrb I will watch that when I get home, but I have about a hundred examples in my head already.
I actually think we are nearly identically aligned on the situation, surprisingly, as this perspective isn't popular, at least not openly.
@rrb see, this was a good discussion, and I bet you thought it may turn out poorly.
I am fine with conflict and arguments. I actually have trouble getting people to disagree with me enough. I get more annoyed by people agreeing with me too much.
Name calling, etc. annoys me.
I am finding the fediverse more pleasant and people more informed/open than the bird site.
Maybe the lack of algorithmic incitement to hate has something to do with it.
@rrb that's one of the best statements I have heard on this platform. Well said.
@rrb too be clear, I don't believe he is a free speech "absolutist" like claims. More so than the last Twitter admin but, definitely has his faults in the free speech regard