[Air-L] Elon Musk & free speech

[Paul Levinson]

I don't who else in "academia" you're referring to, Andrew, but since you
quote a few words from my op-ed, I'll mention that in the rest of the op-ed
I point out repeatedly that I'm in favor only of suppression of
communication that endangers human life, such as the example of lethally
wrong information about Covid-19.

-- PL




On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 3:27 PM andrew.lowenthal--- via Air-L <
air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:

> It is truly breathtaking that the default position now in 'academia' is
> one of free speech suppression...
>
> "Do we tolerate too much?" is asked... perhaps ask someone in Indonesia
> who as of today can face jail criticising the president... anti-free
> speech 'liberals' embolden authoritarians around the world.
>
> The fact that people are going in to bat for Big Tech for suppressing a
> story about the Biden family dealings in Ukraine and China (to say
> nothing of Hunter's predilections for cocaine and sex workers) is
> astounding... how much lower can 'academia' sink?
>
> Interest in the actual truth is long gone, and liberals are just as
> partisan as conservatives. Intellectuals who care nothing for party
> tribalism are all but extinct (or at least very quiet).
>
> If you are interested in a different take you might like to try this...
>
>
> https://disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/punching-down-how-the-anti-disinformation
>
> Best,
> Andrew
>
>
> On 12/6/22 20:51, Paul Levinson via Air-L wrote:
> > just up on NBC News Think: my op-ed about Elon Musk and free speech
> > <
> https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/elon-musks-twitter-files-trump-tweets-complicate-free-speech-rcna60322
> >
> >
> > -- PL
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