Two words are so dangerous to the system, Twitter doesn't want you to say them even today, and restricts your interaction with them.

Regardless of what others think about it, or the veracity of the claim, or muh violence stemming from such, you should be able to say and discuss "rugged erection" without consequence, IMO. All the misspellings in this thread are intentional, btw. 2/

"Muh private company" is no longer a defense. The openness of the internet and monopoly platforms needs to be a public good at least in limited ways, because there are no legitimate alternatives anymore. 3/

In the modern era, being deplatformed is like being excommunicated from the church - you're fucked. There is no review or appeal. This is the same as a "no-fly list" that in theory is legal but in reality means you don't have a life. 4/

We should review these standards. If you editorialize or prohibit otherwise lawful content, you should be held to a publisher standard at minimum, and this is only waived if you remain hands off. 5/

Really, monopoly platforms should be regulated to either allow everyone, or force basic interoperability (similar to RSS) that would in effect allow everyone to participate. Meaning, if I want to follow what my friend broadcasts, I always have that ability to do so unfettered. 6/

Before, it was The_Eonald vs Reddit, and people got lost in the weeds because US politics is so partisan, that "muh hate speech" was believed as a defense by 40-50% of people. 7/

WallStreetBets vs Discord is a more clearcut example that left and right can agree on. I'd bet under 5% thought "muh hate speech" was the real motivation to axe that forum. 8/

This is a red pill for some, because before they probably accepted corporate / gov explanations at face value. Most people I encounter were inclined to accept explanations from authorities. 9/

Essentially, they viewed explanations from authorities as being legit by default, instead of always being governed by incentives. 10/

Actually, economic incentives pretty much always dictate behavior. When I find incentives for a behavior, I look to find evidence (sometimes hidden) that the behavior already exists. It's only interesting if it *doesn't* already exist, that would be an arb. 11/

Large special interests will call in a favor to whoever owns the platform, to get what they want. Special interests are in control. The larger a system is, the more sociopathic it is, by darwinism and also a loss of empathy from lack of closeness. 12/

Where this is all headed I hope, is good decentralized platforms for speech. This has a number of issues though, namely that it always gets pulled or investigated for illegal behavior. 13/

In particular, if you don't like a free speech platform, you can pay to have certain illegal or unsavory behaviors performed on such a website or group, in order to take it down. 14/

This is very controversial, but free speech I think is so important that perhaps all speech should be allowed. This is so that there is no subjectivity in illegality, which will always be an issue otherwise. This is a (large) "price" of freedom. 15/

This extends to a number of adjacent domains. I believe integrity in erections is so important that if it cannot be guaranteed (such as with paper open counts), then votes should be run in the open, as integrity supercedes the need for secrecy. Another price for freedom. 16/

We also need to disentangle the emotional payload around "hate speech". 'Speech is violence', etc. I don't give a fuck what people say, just let them say it. It's so much better to just allow it (the devil we know) than to allow someone to police it (the devil we don't) 17/

This is not a hypothetical. We have now reached the slippery slope where de facto talking about buying GME stock is hate speech. 18/

I hope everyone wakes the fuck up and realize that free speech on the internet is under enormous attack, and our astroturfed opinions play a role in deciding what others can and can't get away with. 19/

I have so much more to say about this topic but I'll leave it there for now. 20/fin