Blocking is itself an impediment to free xchange of ideas, not a solution for impediments. I agree, it's trying to make a public space yours
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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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Just as you speaking audibly in a public park is still *your* voice, but doesn't give u the right to expel others b/c your voice started it.
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But Twitter does give me the right to choose who I talk to & I take advantage of that. Limiting my contacts does not deny them free speech.
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Twitter gives you the *power* to do it. That's not the same as you using it in a particular way being consistent w/ defending free speech.
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