Are conservatives hypocrites when it comes to Trump's twitter ban?

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I just tried to answer a question from an Anonymous coward who asked 
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"Is it great that conservatives are being banned off social media, this way we get to hear only the speech that we agree with?"
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I could not answer since this anonymous troll had already banned me from answering them in the past because they did not like what I had to say.  They only want those who agree with them to answer.

busterwasmycat · Accepted Answer

I don't know.  It seems that it is ok to deny service to a person based on religion or sexual orientation (no wedding cake for you gay folks) but not ok to ban the speech of those promoting violence and takeover of our duly elected government.  I don't see where the logical disconnect happens, but I see the conflict quite clearly.

I don't mind hearing speech I disagree with, it is how I either learn and change my thinking or solidify my conclusions by addition of supporting facts.  I don't much have a problem with a private enterprise blocking individuals for speech which puts the private enterprise at risk for civil and possible criminal liabilities.  The private individual always has the right to disavow what they find offensive and potentially criminal.  And corporations have that right as "legal persons" who possess both criminal and civil liabilities, even if the criminal parts fall onto the corporate officers rather than the corporation itself (because you cannot incarcerate a business but you can incarcerate the operators of the business).

Some idiots think that free speech means that we all have to listen to whatever noise they make, and can't say anything contrary.  Free speech simply means that the government can't tell us what to say or punish us simply for what we think and say.  No public or private corporation, no single individual, is the government.

Anonymous · Answer

I always thought Trump should have left that left-wing site, years ago.
I think Trump has been naive about how rotten the left is.

Why did Trump allow fish-face Woodward to be allowed an interview?
Why allow an interview with 60 Minutes, they only want to lie and humiliate you and find one soundbite to play over and over, food for the leftist piranha.

Alex · Answer

Yeah, sadly that's how things go a lot of the time.

There are differing levels of freedom of speech. I as a comedian on open mic night could say "It would be funny to scream 'fire' in a crowded movie theater to see what happens". Might or might not be funny depending on the lead up to that line, but I have the right to say that.

What I wouldn't have the right to do is to actually scream "Fire" in a crowded movie theater.

The difference being one is the right to speculate and discuss and/or laugh at a concept. The other is an act that could potentially cause great harm as the ensuing panic has a heightened chance of causing people to trample over each other.

Both involve "speech" and both should by strictest definition be freedoms...but sense prevails.

Same with the people getting booted off of Twitter, Parler getting removed from mobile device stores and people getting banned from other social media.

Freedom allows people to discuss the belief that Biden stole the election, and that there was voter fraud and discussing the legal ways to block the election until it can be proven one way or another on various social media platforms.

Calling for and organizing illegal, violent actions on said platforms is a different matter and is akin to hollering "fire" in a movie theater.

Anonymous · Answer

You poor baby. Need a crying towel?

Are conservatives hypocrites when it comes to Trump's twitter ban?

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