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iammru | 3 years ago

100%... I lived and worked in many countries around the world and the amount of free speech we enjoy here is not common. This is why people like my parents escaped their motherland. It's surreal to me, as an immigrant, that we are trying self-limit free speech here. If you don't like what others say, then tune out, you have no right to silence other even if you abhor their ideas.

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themitigating|3 years ago

If I ran a store that sold model trains and you can in and started yelling at something I shouldn't be able to kick you out?

You may say - "Well twitter is bigger" - There are competitors and you aren't forced to use it.

Or "I want to reach the largest audience" - Why should a private company spend its own resources to help you spread your message.

You came from a country without freedom of speech? How would it have helped if the government just kills its enemies or arrests them on bogus charges?