The very emotional discussion right now about whether Twitter has the right to de-platform Trump should widen the lens and see that the list of corporations that essentially came to the same conclusion include such famous wokesters such as (checks notes) the PGA and Deutsche Bank
https://twitter.com/conorsen/status/1348788189322997762
A debate about big tech's power and the rights of posters is overdue in DC, and tech firms identifying ideologies for cancellation is a dangerous path. But let's be clear about what's happening here: a widespread private sector blackout of an insurrectionist conspiracy-monger.
I'm sorry, as much as I care about freedom of speech and commerce, I just cannot bring myself to shed tears that Trump might struggle to build an MLM empire off of "you can still help me stop the steal by buying these frozen meats"
Or, put differently: a lame-duck president inciting a deadly insurrection attempt on the Capitol and refusing to apologize for it is so catastrophically beyond the pale that the deserved punishment for this behavior doesn’t map on to any concerns I have about “slippery slopes”
"One day, Facebook is punishing conspiratorial sedition that lead to an actual invasion of the Capitol, and the next day they're ..."
... they're what?
Seriously, I'm not sure how to complete the slippery slope argument here. Some things are just uniquely awful.
... they're what?
Seriously, I'm not sure how to complete the slippery slope argument here. Some things are just uniquely awful.
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