Comment by lasky | Hacker News Reader

Comment by lasky | Hacker News Reader

Are anyone’s rights to free speech actually threatened? Or is there just backlash from the public.

I’ve noticed how this “You take away my free speech when I get backlash when I speak some idea that is now interpreted as X-phobic or harmful” argument seems to pop up among during movements that cause painful resistant power shifts.

also this....

“Personally, I think adding trans performers would breathe life into Drag Race. But I’m a viewer, and I don’t get to decide that. The point is that RuPaul’s Drag Race is RuPaul’s show, and we don’t get to scream and cry and throw tantrums until he changes his own show.“

.... but what about free speech you were just arguing for?

why don’t people get to scream and cry?

This appears to be conservative grief masked as liberally tolerant protection of free speech.

If people are consistently being doxxed and having their life uprooted by being fired because of angry Twitter mobs I would argue this also constitutes a breach of free speech.

I know that legally free speech protects you from the government and not everyone else, but personally I agree that 'free speech' is more than just the legal definition.

The culture of backlash from the public is causing free speech to be threatened. Both are true.

> causing free speech to be threatened.

[citation needed]. Social media platforms are not 1st-amendment platforms.

What's hilarious about the author of this article is her admiration for South Park. And yet, they did the satire of anyone with the ashen-faced fear of being "kicked off Twitter" as a fate worse than death.

I fail to see how the PC left is changing any of the things that really run society. If you don't like the noise, maybe take a break from Twitter? Because being kicked off twitter is NOT a threat to free speech.

".... but what about free speech you were just arguing for?

why don’t people get to scream and cry?"

The article says - we don’t get to scream and cry and "throw tantrums until he changes his own show."

The point is you can cry and Express your free speech, but not not expect someone to change their creation.

If you think your point is valid, create something of your own. Why should a creator cater to every person who takes offense.

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