Free speech is certainly under threat. Arguments against free speech have never been as popular as they are now in the U.S., for instance.
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squiblet@kbin.social 6 months agoHe owns a major social network and his remarks are regularly repeated in the press. Who or what is harming his free speech? The constitutional right to free speech is protection from the government punishing someone. The advertisers are exercising their right to be associated or not with what happens on “X”.
Goodbyeworld@lemmy.world 6 months ago
squiblet@kbin.social 6 months ago
It doesn’t sound like you know what “free speech” means and you didn’t address anything I said about it.
Goodbyeworld@lemmy.world 6 months ago
“Who or what is harming his free speech” - I never made that claim. You’re talking to your own mind, not mind, and trying to incite a response in me with your dismissive tone. Have a nice day.
squiblet@kbin.social 6 months ago
What? Anyway, I can’t really tell what you’re saying. Hope you have a lovely day too.
Cornpop@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Free speech is in no shape or form under threat here in the USA. People standing up to bigots is not an attack on free speech.
toofpic@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, some Yung Fucky Dee rapper can flip birds all day, catering to his fans, but he won’t expect that Disney will offer him a collab project. There’s a completely different level of requirements for being a successful major social network owner/ceo