Michelle Teheux
1 min readJan 3, 2023

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Your ignorance is disappointing.

Have you ever read the Bill of Rights? The First Amendment protects us against government controlling our speech. A private entity isn't part of the government. No private entity is obligated to provide a platform for people.

The problem with sociopaths spewing crazy or harmful things online isn't with people like me not wanting to read them. I can read them from an academic or journalistic perspective. The real problem is that society is harmed by them.

Let's suppose I had a video of you doing something highly embarrassing and I intended to post it on the internet. Would you be content if I instructed you to simply not look at my content? Would that solve the problem? I am guessing that you wouldn't see the problem as you personally seeing it, you'd want others to not see it. Let me repeat: THE PROBLEM IS THAT OTHERS COULD SEE IT.

The really hilarious thing about those who love Elon and think he's upholding freedom of speech is that one of his first acts was to block the accounts of actual journalists he didn't like.

Nobody is being "censored." Jesus. Learn what it means. You can say whatever you want with very few limits. But nobody is obligated to help you do it.

I had to take Civics in school. I wish you had.

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Michelle Teheux
Michelle Teheux

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