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>>greeni+(OP)
Where is the Free Speech Absolutist outrage? What happened to the answer to bad speech is more good speech?

Can I conclude that both of those positions are by and large rhetorical shams?

>>bedige+F
It was always pretty transparent what "free speech" meant to Elon (and many others like him). It means "I personally should be able to say and do whatever I want without consequences".

The week before he tweeted about "free speech absolutism" he canceled a dude's Tesla order because they criticized him on X.

>>dralle+n5
> "I personally should be able to say and do whatever I want without consequences"

I think it's more "I'm not accountable to you people". At least that's my position. Left wingers seem to think I have to care what they think about what I say on the internet. I do not, and I will not.

>>k33n+W8
Right wingers sure do care a lot when the rest of us don't want to hear what they say though

>>IntelM+id
The rest of who? The fringe left who is simply adopting positions that were spoon fed to them? Yeah not terribly concerned with your wants, that's accurate.

>>k33n+cf
I'm not sure I follow. It's so bad there's an in-joke among the left that their memes are walls of text referencing the most dense prose you'll ever read and that the required reading will take you years to complete. The bar seems to be rather high.

Is there a similar self-deprecating joke amongst the right? What's the required reading list look like for those on the right?

>>kelsey+pN
Not sure I get the joke but I'm sure it's very funny to you. I don't really get into the meme world.

As for self deprecating jokes, I suppose I'd just point you to the right's love of over the top Trump impersonators who make fun of Trump's various verbal ticks and his general public speaking style.

As for "required reading" I don't believe that the various factions within non-left-wing communities have one unified reading list. You'd have to get out more and talk to some to find out what they're reading IMHO.

>>k33n+Ks3
The point I was making is that leftists gate-keep participation by requiring reading and self-acknowledges this. That seems at odds to the notion that leftists are spoon-fed. How do you reconcile this?

>>kelsey+BJ3
I'm sure they "self-acknowledge" that their ideas are very complex. It's something I've seen leftists claim time and again. Their ideas are quite simple and flimsy from my POV.

IME, nothing impressive there. If only they'd read some Sowell instead of headlines on Reddit.

>>k33n+lA6
Exactly how much time have you spent in leftist spaces?

From what I observe they seem to be riddled with bookclub after bookclub so much so that it prevents them from doing anything at all.