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Politicians don't have the right to be on a private website. They already have official channels to communicate. Twitter has every right to ban Putin, or Trump

Politicians don't have the right to be on a private website. They already have official channels to communicate. Twitter has every right to ban Putin, or Trump, or Duterte, etc.

whitepaint 4y ago
Where did I say that politicians have the right to stay on a private website? Yes, Twitter has the right to ban people. As do restaurants not serve certain people. But if a restaurant decides to not serve Jews let's say, I will obviously condemn them. If you believe in free speech you should have absolutely condemned Twitter when they banned the president.
- hansbo 4y ago
  I find this comparison strange. Yes, a restaurant should not be allowed to not serve Jews. But they should be allowed to not serve _a_ Jew, if the Jew in question breaks their rule of conduct. Like the case with Trump and Twitter.
  - whitepaint 4y ago
    The point I was trying to make is that just because a company has a right to do something it doesn't mean it cannot be condemned by people.
- triceratops 4y ago
  > if a restaurant decides to not serve Jews I will obviously condemn them. They'll have serious legal problems pretty quickly for doing something so illegal. > If you believe in free speech you should have absolutely condemned Twitter when they banned the president. I believe in free speech and property rights. Which means if Twitter decides someone can't be on Twitter anymore due to their actions then that's their right. And if Twitter's new ownership makes some different decisions on who's allowed to be on Twitter, that's also their right.
  - whitepaint 4y ago
    Once again... Where did I say that Twitter doesn't have that right?
    - triceratops 4y ago
      > If you believe in free speech you should have absolutely condemned Twitter You advocated condemning Twitter for exercising their free speech rights. But you're right I missed the first part of your comment where you acknowledged Twitter had the right to ban anyone based on their speech.
      - CryptoPunk 4y ago
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Politicians don't have the right to be on a private website. They already have official channels to communicate. Twitter has every right to ban Putin, or Trump, or Duterte, etc.

whitepaint 4y ago

Where did I say that politicians have the right to stay on a private website? Yes, Twitter has the right to ban people. As do restaurants not serve certain people. But if a restaurant decides to not serve Jews let's say, I will obviously condemn them. If you believe in free speech you should have absolutely condemned Twitter when they banned the president.

hansbo 4y ago
I find this comparison strange. Yes, a restaurant should not be allowed to not serve Jews. But they should be allowed to not serve _a_ Jew, if the Jew in question breaks their rule of conduct. Like the case with Trump and Twitter.
- whitepaint 4y ago
  The point I was trying to make is that just because a company has a right to do something it doesn't mean it cannot be condemned by people.
triceratops 4y ago
> if a restaurant decides to not serve Jews I will obviously condemn them. They'll have serious legal problems pretty quickly for doing something so illegal. > If you believe in free speech you should have absolutely condemned Twitter when they banned the president. I believe in free speech and property rights. Which means if Twitter decides someone can't be on Twitter anymore due to their actions then that's their right. And if Twitter's new ownership makes some different decisions on who's allowed to be on Twitter, that's also their right.
- whitepaint 4y ago
  Once again... Where did I say that Twitter doesn't have that right?
  - triceratops 4y ago
    > If you believe in free speech you should have absolutely condemned Twitter You advocated condemning Twitter for exercising their free speech rights. But you're right I missed the first part of your comment where you acknowledged Twitter had the right to ban anyone based on their speech.
    - CryptoPunk 4y ago
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