Thank you for bringing attention to this issue: white nationalism is akin to a cancerous growth that's slowly and insidiously overtaking civil society. "X" (aka Twitter - how stupid was THAT attempt at rebranding?) has turned into such a white nationalist (and Christofascist) cesspool that's it's almost unbearable. My only hope is that the continued exodus of advertisers who refuse to be associated with fasism will eventually cause X to go into bankruptcy.
Thanks Paul. Total agreement from me. Too many people believe the First Amendment --that I support 100 percent-- protects all speech including that on private-owned networks. No. It protects ONLY public speech that I also support. But substack has the right to exclude anyone or anything it wants just as you can decide who you wish or not wish to invite onto your front lawn.
I believe that there should be 99.9% (not 99.999) free speech on any PUBLIC platform, such as the soapbox in the park or its equivalent online (which Substack is not). Substack has the right to print whatever it wants, but free speech also includes the right to boycott private platforms of any sort that you don't like. I realize the danger of the "slippery slope" to free speech. The bottom line is that non-nazis need to use their own free speech rights to put the nazis in their place--free speech is not just a right but a responsibility--which is why I love your idea about creating an anti-fascist network of journalists--count me in (I'm already preparing to launch my attack of fascism with upcoming coverage during election-year 2024 of the Fascistic-Five who have taken over the city government of Huntington Beach). So, substack can do what they want, and it's hard to decide where to draw the line as a private publisher. I get that; but, for crying out loud, I would much rather read stories posted by sex workers than Nazis, and outright Nazism (as opposed to critically examining it) is a damn good place to draw that line. Substack needs to give a definitive policy response so that we can all make up our own minds where to go from there.
I had no idea and thank you for this. I will share as well. This is absolutely monstrous and unacceptable, especially in such troubling times with what is going on around the I/P Conflict. Lots of recruiting happening right now with X/Twitter, too. *Yuck*
Thank you for bringing attention to this issue: white nationalism is akin to a cancerous growth that's slowly and insidiously overtaking civil society. "X" (aka Twitter - how stupid was THAT attempt at rebranding?) has turned into such a white nationalist (and Christofascist) cesspool that's it's almost unbearable. My only hope is that the continued exodus of advertisers who refuse to be associated with fasism will eventually cause X to go into bankruptcy.
Thanks Paul. Total agreement from me. Too many people believe the First Amendment --that I support 100 percent-- protects all speech including that on private-owned networks. No. It protects ONLY public speech that I also support. But substack has the right to exclude anyone or anything it wants just as you can decide who you wish or not wish to invite onto your front lawn.
*fascism
I believe that there should be 99.9% (not 99.999) free speech on any PUBLIC platform, such as the soapbox in the park or its equivalent online (which Substack is not). Substack has the right to print whatever it wants, but free speech also includes the right to boycott private platforms of any sort that you don't like. I realize the danger of the "slippery slope" to free speech. The bottom line is that non-nazis need to use their own free speech rights to put the nazis in their place--free speech is not just a right but a responsibility--which is why I love your idea about creating an anti-fascist network of journalists--count me in (I'm already preparing to launch my attack of fascism with upcoming coverage during election-year 2024 of the Fascistic-Five who have taken over the city government of Huntington Beach). So, substack can do what they want, and it's hard to decide where to draw the line as a private publisher. I get that; but, for crying out loud, I would much rather read stories posted by sex workers than Nazis, and outright Nazism (as opposed to critically examining it) is a damn good place to draw that line. Substack needs to give a definitive policy response so that we can all make up our own minds where to go from there.
I had no idea and thank you for this. I will share as well. This is absolutely monstrous and unacceptable, especially in such troubling times with what is going on around the I/P Conflict. Lots of recruiting happening right now with X/Twitter, too. *Yuck*