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The people criticizing him are not upset that he is not upholding free speech commitments though. They are the ones that don't want free speech. They want more moderation and want stricter rules and policies, and more safety.

So here is a policy that everyone agrees with and increases safety on the platform. And they are not happy. It's such a funny situation.

It really demonstrates how tribal everything is. No one deals with individual events and circumstances. If you look at all the comments, there is a finite number of ways to evaluate this situation...and its seems like no one evaluates it critically. You could predict what each person will say. In fact, maybe I will try this in ChatGPT.




> They are the ones that don't want free speech

Content moderation and free speech are not mutually exclusive. Absolute free speech is not the only kind of free speech, nor is the definition of "free speech" the same globally.

> So here is a policy that everyone agrees with and increases safety on the platform. And they are not happy. It's such a funny situation.

Not upset, just confused that a free speech absolutist is banning people for exercising the version of free speech that he claims to be protecting.




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