spaghettiwesternElon Musk blames ADL for lost revenue, says he's 'against anti-Semitism of any kind'
Gradually_AdjustingSo he lost advertisers not because of antisemitism, but because someone complained.
Makes perfect sense.
I’m sure the prospect of having your company’s name displayed alongside actual Nazi content has nothing to do with it.
Thats really the fundamental problem with free speech. Letting anyone say whatever their opinion means that “Everyone” includes morons and racists (who are obviously also morons)
jayrhackerRelevant, and succinct.
The problem is that people don’t realize there are different types of free speech.
1 is the constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech by law.
2 is the concept of free speech.
Most people automatically assume you’re referring 1 when more often than not, unless someone is being prosecuted, they are referring to 2.
#2 doesn't exist, because #2 is forcing others to host your speech and listen to your speech, and that's just not how things work.
You are free to say what you want, but everyone else is just as free to tell you to shut up and go away.
because #2 is forcing others to host your speech and listen to your speech, and that’s just not how things work.
Uhhhh no? A concept doesn’t force people to do anything. Not sure what you’re on about.
You are free to say what you want, but everyone else is just as free to tell you to shut up and go away.
No one said they’re not.
Nazis and dumb people vs. No Nazis and dumb people.
Hmmm.
Everyone can say what they want, but contrary to what the MAGA idiots think, they have no right to free speech on someone else’s platform. They are free to make their own platforms and we can see from the great success of Truth Social and Parler how that works out.
What “free speech absolutist” Musk is trying to do is limit the speech of the ADL outside his platform, and to prevent them from shining a spotlight on him and the Nazi cockroaches he’s invited back to Twitter. He’s not going to convince advertisers that having their company’s name appear next to Nazi content is a good thing, and IMO his attempted bullying of the ADL is going to end up driving advertisers away instead of bringing them back. Good.
No, no - he means he blames the ADL for making most people not like Nazis.