I suppose it’s because I’ve never participated on Twitter that I don’t understand what the fuss is all about.
I admit it tickles me to see Elon Musk throw everything into turmoil, but that’s because I’m a natural born contrarian that loves to watch as smug people who think they control things get slapped around a little bit, get their carefully planned world thrown off it’s axis as it dawns on them maybe they aren’t the godlike creatures they had convinced themselves they had morphed into.
I imagine even @davidallen would admit Twitter has engaged in serious censorship of Republican/conservative/right wing opinions. Still, the libertarian in me struggles with right-wing demands that the government “do something” to rein in this horrible censorship; because Twitter, as I understand it, is privately owned, is not an official government entity, is private property. And being a true libertarian I don’t want government stepping in to control private enterprises, not even ones that are engaged in practices I find repugnant.
And so I ask my right-leaning friends, have you really been harmed by Twitter’s censorship? Is there anything happening in the world that you don’t know about? Aren’t there countless other avenues from which you have learned about events and opinions? I can’t think of anything that Twitter has been able to suppress, no matter how hard it has tried. It might even be argued that the scandals Twitter creates by trying to bury news and opinions backfires significantly, making seemingly minor issues blow up into major news.
Like I said, I have never “done Twitter.” So in all likelihood I’m missing the greater point. But I must say as much fun as it is to watch left-wing loonies lose their composure at a potential threat to one of their favorite entities, it seems to me to be a multi-billion dollar tempest in a teapot.
Maybe someone can straighten me out.
I admit it tickles me to see Elon Musk throw everything into turmoil, but that’s because I’m a natural born contrarian that loves to watch as smug people who think they control things get slapped around a little bit, get their carefully planned world thrown off it’s axis as it dawns on them maybe they aren’t the godlike creatures they had convinced themselves they had morphed into.
I imagine even @davidallen would admit Twitter has engaged in serious censorship of Republican/conservative/right wing opinions. Still, the libertarian in me struggles with right-wing demands that the government “do something” to rein in this horrible censorship; because Twitter, as I understand it, is privately owned, is not an official government entity, is private property. And being a true libertarian I don’t want government stepping in to control private enterprises, not even ones that are engaged in practices I find repugnant.
And so I ask my right-leaning friends, have you really been harmed by Twitter’s censorship? Is there anything happening in the world that you don’t know about? Aren’t there countless other avenues from which you have learned about events and opinions? I can’t think of anything that Twitter has been able to suppress, no matter how hard it has tried. It might even be argued that the scandals Twitter creates by trying to bury news and opinions backfires significantly, making seemingly minor issues blow up into major news.
Like I said, I have never “done Twitter.” So in all likelihood I’m missing the greater point. But I must say as much fun as it is to watch left-wing loonies lose their composure at a potential threat to one of their favorite entities, it seems to me to be a multi-billion dollar tempest in a teapot.
Maybe someone can straighten me out.
