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Last Checked Feb. 24, 2022

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Mon Jan 31 20:23:18 +0000 2022

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

By this logic, saying "the printing press caused the wars of religion" is the same thing as saying "we should ban mass communications." The former is a (debatable) piece of analysis, the latter a prescription. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 31, 2022

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

In the *very next tweet* I argue that free speech protections are good and worth protecting, just that they also create their own set of problems. You can analyze the negative effects of something without concluding that it is on-net bad https://t.co/I1Y3Y3feKn — PolitiTweet.org

Ross Barkan @RossBarkan

"Free speech" didn't "enable" the spread of authoritarian propaganda. In Europe, where speech laws are far more res… https://t.co/VqbC382guP

Posted Jan. 31, 2022

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp

Anyway since @RossBarkan has radically misrepresented my position, I expect him to delete his tweet and apologize. We'll see if he does! — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 31, 2022

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