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Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is seeking to privatize Twitter, claiming “free speech” will be expanded.Marjorie Taylor Greene had something important to say to her supporters.
At the core of Greene’s hatred for a platform she habitually uses is the idea that Twitter is a “killer of freedom of speech,” a blatantly biased digital forum that suppresses conservative thought and amplifies voices from the political left. I can’t disagree with Musk on that. Spirited social-media debates about why Amber Heard left a revenge poop on Johnny Depp’s side of the bed are vital to the future of humanity and essential for the health of a functioning democracy.
It does not provide us the right to demand that private businesses, such as Twitter, give us unfettered access to a platform. It’s also important to remember that free speech has always come with guard rails. You can’t go into an airport and start screaming out that you want to shoot everyone. You also can’t defame people without facing the threat of legal retaliation.
Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert has more than 1.1 million Twitter followers, who are nourished by her unique way of expressing opposition to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.It’s true that Twitter suspended Greene’s personal account in January over her persistent, debunked suggestions that the COVID-19 vaccine is causing mass death. But it hasn’t slowed down the activity of her congressional account.
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