This article is a mess.
So Substack buys Letter, which is an interesting acquisition for all sorts of reasons, but the article doesn't concern itself with any of them. Instead, it focuses only on problematizing free speech as some sort of pretext for committing discourse harms.
So Substack buys Letter, which is an interesting acquisition for all sorts of reasons, but the article doesn't concern itself with any of them. Instead, it focuses only on problematizing free speech as some sort of pretext for committing discourse harms.
https://twitter.com/TechCrunch/status/1422586422293303302
This paragraph is an atrocity.
The author is very concerned about "social justice" being maligned as an enemy of free speech, but this article, which is transparently motivated by social justice considerations, is characterizing "free speech" as an instrument of harm!
The author is very concerned about "social justice" being maligned as an enemy of free speech, but this article, which is transparently motivated by social justice considerations, is characterizing "free speech" as an instrument of harm!
Oh heavens no! Substack's acquisition of Letter "won't help them rebuild the trust" they lost when like five or six malcontent dipshits sensationally left the platform and absolutely no one cared five minutes later. However will they cope with this?!?
Oh my God bro tell me we are not still talking about the Harper's Letter. The amount of pearl clutching provoked by one of the most anodyne articulations of open discussion as an important liberal principle the world has ever seen is almost farcical.
Rather than give me any cause for concern, this acquisition gives me faith in @SubstackInc's capacity to follow through on its promise to be a leading space where open and fruitful discussion lives on the internet. I've praised Letter in the past and I'm glad Substack acquired it
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