Anubisrapture t1_izt2umm wrote on December 11, 2022 at 5:28 PM

Reply to comment by Cheshire90 in An analysis of 4511 vaccine-related tweets show that anti-vaccine messaging tends to focus on the "harmful" nature of vaccines, based on personal values and beliefs rather than hard facts. Anonymity did not affect the type of content posted, but did affect volume of content. by glawgii

Not in this situation. One side is actually vetted, scientific and the other side is linked to things like Q anon and the hysteria of the far right- which leads to or includes violence and other cult like situations. Both siding this is not a good thing.

Cheshire90 t1_iztj19u wrote on December 11, 2022 at 7:12 PM

Which right wing politicians do you think should be in charge of deciding who gets to speak when they have the majority? Whatever standard you advocate for is going to be applied by the exact people you're afraid of.

Free speech is not about equivalency between sides. The idea that you can vet out who is right and silence anyone who doesn't meet your standard is both a fantasy and will surely backfire on you.