Nate, u saying this is a public forum so no one should block others (even if abusive?) Your personal Twitter rules aren't universal.
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Even in unambiguously public spaces like pubs, I want to be able to choose who I talk to and listen to.
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This doesn't impede on the essence of free speech to me at all coz everyone still gets to speak to who they want & hear who they want.
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Scratch that. I mean they still get to speak to whoever wants to hear them and hear whoever wants to be heard by them.
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I'm glad you caught that error, b/c previous tweet was clearly false. This 1 still untrue b/c you've kept these ppl from your audience, too.
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No, I haven't. They can still hear them but not in my thread. In same way, I restrict people who can talk in my house.
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You are not in your house!
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I'm on my Twitter account. I get to decide who hears me. End of.
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You're performing some kind of equivocation. The word "my" applies b/c it's the Twitter account associated w/ u. No property ownership comes
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That's entirely a pragmatic argument. Nothing to do with free speech.
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No. It's the reason I don't make myself available to all people at all times. My defence of free speech doesn't require this.
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