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Comment by dagorenouf | Hacker News Reader

As a content creator, the fear of being randomly banned / blacklisted by the platform I use is all too real. It happened to a friend of mine with a decent sized YouTube channel for 0 legitimate reason.

Carlson picked the twitter platform not because it’s the best tool to host a show (YouTube or twitch would be better), but because it’s the place least likely to ban him.

That might be the beginning of a new MOAT for twitter, if they survive long enough to make something from it. And politics aside could be beneficial to everyone.

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Twitter is least likely to ban him due to the temporary chaos and incompetence of the "leadership". As lawsuits & losses pile, Musk will have to step down and then the "free speech" honeymoon is over. Also, I doubt Twitter has money for Carlson's show, the kind that'd justify him doing it, and paying his staff and himself enough to cover his costs and basic life's needs.

You mean like GAB? Truth Social? ok.ru?

I don’t agree, and it appears to me that those who embrace the facade of free speech absolutism always turn out to provide forums for blocks, bans, and threats of political violence against their opponents. Look at the demise of any so-called free speech forum on the right for any numbers of examples. The right has been at this for more than a century while the left has staked their entire ideology on protecting free speech. Musk and Carlson have repeatedly shown that they value "free speech for me (protected class), but not for thee." The entire history of human rights is based on this dispute. One side wants free speech for the rich and powerful, while the other side wants it for everyone without threats of political and physical violence. Conservatism is incompatible with democracy, so by its very nature demands that free speech only applies to those with wealth and means.

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

https://slate.com/business/2022/06/wilhoits-law-conservative...

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