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minus-squareRed_October@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up116arrow-down1·1 year agoRemember back when Elon kept calling himself a Free Speech Absolutist? That just gets funnier every day.
minus-squareTwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·1 year agoRight-wingers only seem to care about free speech when it applies to themselves. Anyone else and they’ll get talking of “defeating the woke mind virus” or whatever ridiculous way they decide to demonize others. Reminds me of that Sartre quote
minus-squareJiggle_Physics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoFree speech absolutist means “I am absolutely free from the consequences of my speech”
minus-squaremoitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI also remember a bunch of people saying Elon will preserve free speech. It looked like a cult.
Remember back when Elon kept calling himself a Free Speech Absolutist? That just gets funnier every day.
Right-wingers only seem to care about free speech when it applies to themselves. Anyone else and they’ll get talking of “defeating the woke mind virus” or whatever ridiculous way they decide to demonize others.
Reminds me of that Sartre quote
Free speech absolutist means “I am absolutely free from the consequences of my speech”
I also remember a bunch of people saying Elon will preserve free speech. It looked like a cult.