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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 27 Apr 2014

    Excellent critique of XKCD free speech cartoon http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2014/04/26/free-speech-and-the-means-of-communication/ … On the conflation of private & public spaces Via @smarimc @ninapaley

    11:46 PM - 27 Apr 2014
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      2. DH‏ @FromWayDowntown 28 Apr 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral nuanced understanding is very valid but does NOT expose a flaw in the comic or its message. You simply want another message.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 28 Apr 2014
        Replying to @FromWayDowntown

        @FromWayDowntown I like what the comic is saying re the issue it was inspired by. I also like the greater context that the article provides.

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      4. DH‏ @FromWayDowntown 28 Apr 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Way to start the week. Have a productive one. ;)

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 28 Apr 2014
        Replying to @FromWayDowntown

        @FromWayDowntown You too :)

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      1. Caspar Bowden‏ @CasparBowden 28 Apr 2014
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        #FOC14 MT @aral Excellent critique of XKCD free speech cartoon http://www.jonas-kyratzes.net/2014/04/26/free-speech-and-the-means-of-communication/ … conflation of private & public spaces

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      1. Drew Wilson‏ @drewwilson 28 Apr 2014
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        @aral great article i agree. But the 1st amendment is specifically referencing the gov. So comic is correct technically, maybe not morally.

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      2. Ivor Tymchak‏ @ivortymchak 28 Apr 2014
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        @aral @ikostar @smarimc @ninapaley What, Twitter "disappears" some trending topics - is this true?

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      3. Nick Taylor‏ @ikostar 28 Apr 2014
        Replying to @ivortymchak

        @ivortymchak @aral @smarimc @ninapaley I've heard it said... a lot - never seen them admit to it though.

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      4. Smári McCarthy‏Verified account @smarimc 28 Apr 2014
        Replying to @ikostar

        @ikostar @ivortymchak @aral @ninapaley I've heard denial. And I've seen what chaotic systems can do. Dunno either way.

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      5. Ivor Tymchak‏ @ivortymchak 28 Apr 2014
        Replying to @smarimc

        @smarimc @ikostar @aral @ninapaley The article made it sound as if the deletion had definitely taken place. Just rumour then?

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      6. Nick Taylor‏ @ikostar 28 Apr 2014
        Replying to @ivortymchak

        @ivortymchak @smarimc @aral @ninapaley Not so much 'rumour' as an accusation made whenever something doesn't get "enough" attention :)

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      7. Smári McCarthy‏Verified account @smarimc 28 Apr 2014
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        @ikostar @ivortymchak @aral @ninapaley ... yeah, that's the problem. A lot of it is people overestimating their topic's worth.

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      1. DH‏ @FromWayDowntown 28 Apr 2014
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        @aral that's not "strange libertarian"but the historically developed meaning of Freedom of speech. Conflating your own wish for a more 1\2

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