A Twitter analogy
https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/109428279652717961
Often it's useful when looking at the online world to analyze it using
offline ("brick and mortar") world analogies.
Imagine a big store that, in the name of "free speech", permitted hate
speech purveyors to tack up their ugly missives all over the
establishment, and have uniformed members of their groups inside the
store yelling their obscene epithets at shoppers. When complaints are
made to the store owner, he asks you "Why are you against free
speech?"
While this approach would likely gain him some customers among the
hate speech contingents, how many other customers are likely to stick
around? How will his suppliers and vendors feel about being associated
with him as his actions become widely publicized? -L
#Twitter
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