Amazing: Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban just one book, the one about him theguardian.com 39 points by yabatopia 4 months ago
JohnFen 4 months ago None of these guys, not Zuckerberg, not Musk, none of them, are in favor of free speech unless it's speech they don't object to. They just mouth the words because they know it will play well to a large part of the public.
hyperhello 4 months ago Counter-sloganeering is still sloganeering. Billionaires could publish books about you. Would you be okay with it? ipython 4 months ago We already have billionaires slandering and harassing random people. So I find this argument moot.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50695593.amphttps://www.wsj.com/tech/musk-unleashes-online-army-on-feder...https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-87519-011 ggm 4 months ago Feels like a false moral equivalent. A billionaire doing anything is a billionaire not an equal. The equity brought to bear is innately unequal.Calling Musk a Pedo is not the same as Musk calling a random involved in a cave rescue a Pedo.
ipython 4 months ago We already have billionaires slandering and harassing random people. So I find this argument moot.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50695593.amphttps://www.wsj.com/tech/musk-unleashes-online-army-on-feder...https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-87519-011
ggm 4 months ago Feels like a false moral equivalent. A billionaire doing anything is a billionaire not an equal. The equity brought to bear is innately unequal.Calling Musk a Pedo is not the same as Musk calling a random involved in a cave rescue a Pedo.
None of these guys, not Zuckerberg, not Musk, none of them, are in favor of free speech unless it's speech they don't object to. They just mouth the words because they know it will play well to a large part of the public.
[dupe] discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43349473
Counter-sloganeering is still sloganeering. Billionaires could publish books about you. Would you be okay with it?
We already have billionaires slandering and harassing random people. So I find this argument moot.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50695593.amp
https://www.wsj.com/tech/musk-unleashes-online-army-on-feder...
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-87519-011
Feels like a false moral equivalent. A billionaire doing anything is a billionaire not an equal. The equity brought to bear is innately unequal.
Calling Musk a Pedo is not the same as Musk calling a random involved in a cave rescue a Pedo.
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