Quora:

 

Why are liberals so distraught about Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter? Don't they realize that all of those who have ever condoned or practiced censorship have NEVER been on the right side of history, and that they are now members of that same club?

There is a huge difference between the government practicing censorship and private organizations having 'terms of service.' Do you understand that at all? For example, the government may not have any law against you talking shit about your workplace, but please do bring up all your complaints about your boss and coworkers at top volume in the halls of work, all day every day, and see what happens to you.

For now, Twitter, Facebook, Google, MeWe, etc. are privately owned companies where the company can allow or forbid any form of expression they like.

Personally, I never used Twitter and I could care less. However, some politicians and news people use Twitter quite a bit and what some people ‘tweet’ ends up being the bulk of a news story that is rebroadcast on CNN, MSNBC, FOX, etc.

Therefore, it is in my interest as an informed citizen to know that the original ‘tweeter’ is who they say they are, and the information they are providing is factual and truthful. That would be my only concern about Musk letting the broken toys out to play and reducing staffing and oversight so that anyone can claim to be anyone on Twitter and put out any misinformation they like.

For example: a major pharmaceutical company lost market value when someone posted using an account with the pharma’s name. That loss of stock value impacted everyone who is invested in that company, including people with retirement or pension funds that were invested with th at pharma co.

It is dangerous and stupid to give Elon Musk that kind of power by abdicating our responsibility as thinking, educated, discerning citizens. It is difficult to use a platform where no ones identity can be verified and all the users think ‘free speech’ means they get to yell ‘nigger’ all they want. It’s ugly and stupid and worthless. No longer useful as a source of information.

Please educate yourself regarding the difference between ‘government censorship’ and market forces. Silly.

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