Free speech is ‘dangerously naive idea’ that leads to ‘amplification of lies,’ columnist claims

The Blaze ^ | August 10, 2018 | Aaron Colen

[GingisK]

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[kearnyirish2]

They were shell-shocked when after a year of “Operation Anti-Trump 24/7/365” the voters still picked Trump; that night they said they would no longer ignore the forgotten people, and they kept their word: They are destroying the “forgotten peoples’” communications grid.

[PapaBear3625]

If Jack Dorsey got hit by a car, found Jesus in the emergency room, and started blocking users who posted comments disparaging to Christians, you'd be singing a different tune.

If Jack Dorsey became a conservative, he would be immediately removed. Note Mozilla founder and former CEO Brendan Eich and Papa John's founder and former CEO John Schnatter.

[SunkenCiv]

In a column criticizing Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s decision not to ban Alex Jones from the social media site, a writer for The Verge attacked the principle of free speech as “dangerously naive.” Laura Hudson, The Verge’s culture editor, ...cited numerous studies that promote the idea that once people have believed false information, presenting them with the correct information later could just entrench them more deeply in the false belief.

For example, nitwits like Hudson cling tighter and tighter to the entirely bogus from start to finish hoax that humans cause climate change. Thanks TBP.