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		proc0 on April 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My take on Elon's offer for Twitter So... silencing people is practicing free speech? I thought it was letting people talk.

SantalBlush on April 16, 2022 [–]

Telling someone to shut up is not the same thing as telling someone to shut up while holding a gun. People need to stop conflating these two things.

People are free to express negative reactions to speech. That in itself is a pretty important part of free speech.

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