Elon Musk Bans CrimethInc. From Twitter at the Urging of Far-Right Troll
crimethinc.com
crimethinc.com
(Edit: also, I've never heard of Andy Ngo, the person the site is accusing of being a "far right troll", but it's pretty clearly a highly editorialized title, even if it accurately reflects the title of the original article)
Andy Ngo reports on left-wing violence (primarily "antifacists" in Portland), as you can see from his Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo
He seems to have caused several bannings tonight by reporting various crimes, criminal histories, and calls to violence on Twitter. He discussed CrimethInc with Elon in this thread:
If you do, do you also support banning anti-vaxx misinformation at the height of a societal health crisis?
If you do not, do you support calling Musk out on his hypocrisy here?
Just clarifying.
Not really, but free speech goes hand-in-hand with free association. Musk obviously has the prerogative to ban people.
> do you also support banning anti-vaxx misinformation at the height of a societal health crisis?
Nope, but again it's their perogative.
> do you support calling Musk out on his hypocrisy here?
I don't particularly care.
At the end of the day, free speech is the foundational freedom in the US. It's the 1st amendment for a reason. There's no use in arguing against it, it's an ultimate virtue whether people support it or not.
Clearly a private company do whatever it wants, BUT free speech is an ideal and Twitter should nevertheless try to uphold it, as the de facto public square on the internet.
Who is he trying to impress? We know this is all an act, and the thin-skinned vulgarian will get all discombobulated at the first sign of being questioned.
But what's truly remarkable is his almost overnight alignment with disinformation peddlers, trolls, and insurrectionists. I mean, wow, way to flame out. Tip of a hat, sire.
Really, question your life choices if you care about what the convicted felon Dinesh D'Souza thinks.