I actually agree that blocking may be a useful tactic for improving ur feed's signal-to-noise ratio. Just not that it's pro free speech.
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Replying to @n8r0n74
Then we mean different things by FS. I don't include every person having access to every other person. I mean being able to express ideas
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I do include every person having access when it's a public space. We probably disagree that "your Twitter" is a public space.
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Replying to @n8r0n74
If by that you mean everybody having access to everybody, then, yes. I wouldn't be here, couldn't be here if I couldn't block people.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @n8r0n74
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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Replying to @HPluckrose @n8r0n74
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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Replying to @HPluckrose @n8r0n74
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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Replying to @HPluckrose
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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Replying to @n8r0n74
Freedom of speech doesn't require to talk to everyone. Or listen to everyone. Or make my space available to everyone. This is not freedom.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @n8r0n74
And yes, it's pragmatic. If I had never blocked anyone on Twitter, my account would be unusable or I'd have to go private.
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This doesn't stop me defending the right of every1 to speak to those who want to hear them or be hear those they want to hear.
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