> The very idea that we need to suppress ideas for fear that the ignorant masses may be exposed to them is a fatuous, aspirational elitism that is the very reason the platforms have become stagnant.
There are ideas and then there are lies. I think the problem is the lies, not the ideas. If an idea, like that the Earth is flat, can only find support in lies, the idea will go away if people aren't free to lie.
To be clear, a lie is a proposition insincerely asserted with the intention of causing others to sincerely believe it.
Yes, but people who get annoyed by someone else's ideas just calls them "lies."
I, for instance, watched in astonishment as a relatively straightforward story about Hunter Biden's emails somehow became a Russian disinformation campaign.
There are ideas and then there are lies. I think the problem is the lies, not the ideas. If an idea, like that the Earth is flat, can only find support in lies, the idea will go away if people aren't free to lie.
To be clear, a lie is a proposition insincerely asserted with the intention of causing others to sincerely believe it.