They are very much against free speech. They just want themselves specifically to be exempt from free speech laws.
this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2024
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What's going on here, this person's replying to themself on Twitter?
I'm not really well up on how Twitter works these days. They're... angry at themselves for asking the police to arrest someone? Or that the police haven't arrested them even though there's (I assume) clear evidence of the crime they committed? And that has something to do with free speech?
All in all a very confusing screenshot xD I'm going to make a cup of tea and sit down...
User "Caitlin Flanagan" is calling for the arrest of people at a pro-Palestine demonstration because she does not like what they are saying.
User "JordanUhl" replied to her post with a screenshot of another post in which Caitlin proclaims to be a "free speech absolutist".
It showcases the hypocrisy many right wingers which used to call for literal neo-Nazis such as Milo Yiannopoulos to be allowed on campuses under the guise of "free speech". Now that free speech is used for something they do not like they quickly want it banned.
The person posting took a screenshot of a tweet from this “journalist” and posted it as a reply on another of their tweets begging for the storm troopers to take away the people whose politics she doesn’t like in order to point out her hypocrisy.
I don't use twitter but I'm 99.9% sure it's some unrelated person (jordan) linking two tweets of another person (Caitlin) in the same message to point out their hypocrisy.
"Free speech absolutist" these days means "you should be required to hear what I say" not "you should be able to say anything you want without government interference."
Bukcing fitch...
Cucking Funt
read as "as someone that wants to do whatever they want without any consequences"
Read as "As someone that wants to do whatever I want without any consequences....everyone else must do whatever I say or else."
Well, technically speaking, she is just using her right for free speech... Not in a very smart way though.
I feel like the modifier absolutist implies unwavering support for free speech for all, but no one I’ve met personally who champions free speech apropos of nothing is known for their critical thinking skills.
I keep waiting for Conor Friedersdorf (her peer at the Atlantic) to cover leftist speech on campus. He spent the teens wallpapering about poor conservatives on campus who are just so oppressed.
I love the Atlantic but it certainly has its shortcomings and blind spots. It's treatment of the war in Gaza has been one such shortcoming.
"As a sufferer of cognitive dissonance..."
Ah yes free speech absolutist. Everyone should be able to say whatever I agree with.
“As a free speech absolutist, I should have personal absolute control of others speech”