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It's not clear it's a bastion for free speech.

According to this tweet, folks are getting banned for imitating politicians.

https://twitter.com/RespectableLaw/status/127659055637488025...

>folks are getting banned for imitating politicians

Why is this bad? Freedom to impersonate other people is an issue orthogonal to free speech.

I think free speech should be qualified as speech that you wouldn't get called out on in a setting with super open minded people who always give you the benefit of the doubt.

Impersonating others seems like it's probably always done in bad faith.

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