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• On the post: Elon Musk’s Commitment To Only Pretending To Be Committed To Free Speech Still Stands

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 10:43pm

  That's nice. My country is better than yours (don't need to know which one). In the case of other Western countries, that "better" is mostly because of the 1A. Germany, the UK, seem pretty OK....but you can be put in jail for saying the wrong thing. NZ too. They're better than Iran, China, and Russia only in that happens pretty rarely. Again, not knowing what country you're from I am 100% sure it would be a better country if it had an equivalent to the 1st amendment. Cool, glad we had this talk.

• On the post: Elon Musk’s Commitment To Only Pretending To Be Committed To Free Speech Still Stands

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 10:36pm

  You're getting "Free Speech" (censorship is the inverse) and the 1A confused again. Yes, Twitter can censor shit. (as long as FBI didn't tell them to, which is more the FBI's problem) But that isn't free speech. But it also doesn't violate the 1A.

• On the post: Elon Musk’s Commitment To Only Pretending To Be Committed To Free Speech Still Stands

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 08:47pm

  Privately owned open-to-the-public businesses have the right to make rules by which the public must abide if the public wants to make use of a business’s services.

  You're right. Private companies have the right to censor. No one has said any different. But it's still censorship.

  If anything, the government telling Twitter what speech it can or can’t host would be a 1A violation.

  Ding ding ding! Tell Masnick, he doesn't seem to realize. But why are you conflating 1A and whether something censorship? The government isn't allowed to censor. But something can be censorship without violating the 1A, principally by not being directed by government.

  Quote to me the exact statement where I specifically and explicitly said that the only entity capable of censoring anyone is the government.

  Hilariously both the previous quote from this one comment indicate you are at best very confused on the subject. But multiple other comments you have made on this same post make clear you define censorship as "made to be unavailable anywhere at all", like Twitter would have to not just kick you off twitter but FB and TikTok and smash your phone too. Which in addition to just not being the definition at all also makes it virtually impossible for a private entity to achieve your (completely made up) standard. Making censorship=government suppression of speech by a feat of default circular logic. Thing is none of that is true: Twitter banning your account absolutely is censorship but it's also legal and has nothing to do with the 1A unless government told them to do it.....which, oh, look! The did in many cases. But that's a whole 'nother topic.

• On the post: Random Musk Fan Tries To Get Trademarks On Tesla’s Behalf, Which Is Not How This Works

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 08:31pm

  Yes....and wikipedia says you're wrong.

• On the post: Random Musk Fan Tries To Get Trademarks On Tesla’s Behalf, Which Is Not How This Works

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 08:27pm

  Because I'm the only one who can read? Wasn't my first guess but I'll admit, it's possible.

• On the post: Random Musk Fan Tries To Get Trademarks On Tesla’s Behalf, Which Is Not How This Works

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 08:25pm

  Yes, yes, you want to say the N-word without consequence, we get it.

  Ooooooooo, the "because you disagree with me you must be racist" argument. Inventive. You guys never haul out that one. Tbh kinda skimmed here...

  He is obscenely wealthy and he didn’t get that way by doing hard labor

  Ooooooo, the commie argument. Cool, cool, another raely seen, esoteric play. Y'know you seemed smarter than a lot of the posters at first. You don't anymore.

• On the post: Random Musk Fan Tries To Get Trademarks On Tesla’s Behalf, Which Is Not How This Works

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 08:22pm

  Yes, actually. Make an argument and don't clutch your pearls when I call you a stupid shit cuz it made no sense. You'll be OK

• On the post: Random Musk Fan Tries To Get Trademarks On Tesla’s Behalf, Which Is Not How This Works

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 08:19pm

  I'm vaguely aware of it but also led to believe it doesn't include just straight up insults. I was just pointing out the (kinda vulgar, pointless) insult didn't make any sense. I demand a higher quality of insult.

• On the post: Random Musk Fan Tries To Get Trademarks On Tesla’s Behalf, Which Is Not How This Works

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 08:15pm

  It is. And? It is also another name for the DUKW and a whole lot of other vehicles besides. Kinda don't get what you don't, here.

• On the post: Random Musk Fan Tries To Get Trademarks On Tesla’s Behalf, Which Is Not How This Works

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 08:13pm

  Again, this site is from 2005. It sure looked like he was reponding me pointing out iPhones were relatively waterproof.

• On the post: Random Musk Fan Tries To Get Trademarks On Tesla’s Behalf, Which Is Not How This Works

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 08:12pm

  And you have no basis to say shit like that. You're practically frothing.

• On the post: Random Musk Fan Tries To Get Trademarks On Tesla’s Behalf, Which Is Not How This Works

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 08:11pm

  except no? Like I have no idea where any of you are getting any of this. Tbh also don't care very much.

• On the post: One More Year Until Steamboat Willie’s Mickey Mouse Enters The Public Domain: Will Mickey Really Be Free?

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 08:07pm

  you're just saying random shit

• On the post: Elon Musk’s Commitment To Only Pretending To Be Committed To Free Speech Still Stands

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 07:51pm

  You can wait all fucking night if you like, son, but I’m not doing your homework for you.

  Except I DID do the homework. It says the opposite of what you're saying. Your "belief" on what the word means does not change what the word means. I mean it would if you were several million people. But you're not, just the one. The word does mean what you are claiming it means.

• On the post: Elon Musk’s Commitment To Only Pretending To Be Committed To Free Speech Still Stands

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 07:32pm

  It provides information about planes it suspects is elon's, where they are, where they're going. That's doxxing. If you provide my home address, but I'm not home, is it not doxxing? No, of course it is. You have vastly increased the chances that someone who wants to hurt me or just harass me can find me. ElonJet does the same thing. I know it would be more convenient for you to pretend it isn't doxxing, but it is.

• On the post: Elon Musk’s Commitment To Only Pretending To Be Committed To Free Speech Still Stands

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 07:08pm

  That's fine. You can argue for certain censorship if you want. Just don't pretend it isn't.

• On the post: Elon Musk’s Commitment To Only Pretending To Be Committed To Free Speech Still Stands

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 06:56pm

  I mean if we were having some sort of public discussion, and you kicked me out based on something I said, yes, of course. The word has a definition. The definition is not what you want to pretend it is. I don't care. Suck it. This is all very interesting because there's clearly some commonly held fictions you guys tell yourselves in small groups. "It's not censorship unless it's the government or someone holds a gun to your head and threatens to kill you if you say it ANYWHERE". But of course that's nonsense.

• On the post: Elon Musk’s Commitment To Only Pretending To Be Committed To Free Speech Still Stands

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 06:51pm

  Neither do you

  Thank god I'm not trying. I have presented you several definitions that directly contradict what you are claiming.

  Go ahead, find me a definition of censorship that says “obliterates these words from existence such that they cannot be found anywhere in any form”

  I'm still waiting. Go ahead. Your turn to link hunt. It's not my fault you have a poor vocabulary.

• On the post: Elon Musk’s Commitment To Only Pretending To Be Committed To Free Speech Still Stands

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 06:37pm

  Not even vaguely what I said. Can you people read, like at all?

• On the post: Elon Musk’s Commitment To Only Pretending To Be Committed To Free Speech Still Stands

  

  Matt Bennett ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2023 @ 06:35pm

  That's not even vaguely what "censorship" means and it's hilarious you guys want to keep on redefining words to fit your world view. Here, I'll give you the ACLU version: https://www.aclu.org/other/what-censorship "Censorship, the suppression of words, images, or ideas that are "offensive," happens whenever some people succeed in imposing their personal political or moral values on others. Censorship can be carried out by the government as well as private pressure groups. Censorship by the government is unconstitutional."

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