The Skinny: Chuds, Social Media & Censorship Edition (Link)

 

Editor’s note: The Skinny is a semi-regular, informal journal, published on my (always free-to-read) Patreon Blog, that collects my work from social media; posts are typically edited and expanded from their original text for clarity.

 

Does Anyone Even Know What Free Speech Is Anymore?

In the aftermath of the January 6th, chud riot and attempted coup on Capitol Hill, an intense debate about censorship, free speech, and the rights of posters living under the tyranny of Big Tech platforms. There’s just one problem; namely that all of that is complete bullsh*t, and enforcing the terms of service agreement against wealthy white fascists is neither censorship, nor tyranny. Cobbling together my thoughts on this and other related subjects, I’ve published a new edition of an old classic, The Skinny, over on Patreon this morning.

From Dennis Prager, to Majorie Taylor Green, and including all the crypto-libertarian free speech absolutists in-between – we’re taking no prisoners in this informal journal piece. Check it out over on my Patreon Blog by clicking on the title header or quotation bloc below:

The Skinny: Chuds, Social Media & Censorship Edition

 

“More to the point however, even if you an I would agree that social media should be a publicly controlled utility, with an entirely people-powered moderation system that truly stood for free speech rights in the public sphere, surely it would still be against the rules to preach hatred, incite violence and literally organize a fascist insurrection on that new, Utopian social media platform, wouldn’t it? And that is of course, where the argument that Trump or any of his fascist cronies are the victims of corporate censorship, falls apart entirely as well; the right to free speech online does in fact end someplace before inciting fascist chuds to commit criminal acts of violence against your enemies.”

 

 

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