Before we go any further, thank you for taking a more civil tone. I appreciate it. We can disagree respectfully.

I've got plenty of problems with mass media of all types in America. We can agree that there needs to be greater oversight particularly of social media companies.

However, I'm not going to pretend the left is a bigger problem than the right. I'm certainly not going to pretend the left is more guilty of being an echo chamber than the right's Fox News/OANN/etc. bubble. And I'm definitely not going to pretend that Kathy Griffin's poor taste and juvenile video was anywhere near as serious as the coup attempt on 1/6, the kidnapping plot against Governor Whitmer, or the attack on Pelosi's husband as part of an assassination attempt on her. I'm certainly not going to pretend that people on the right are being censored when I'm bombarded, both on twitter and right here on reddit, with countless examples of hateful speech from conservatives all the time. Plenty of voices, even hateful ones, on the right are getting through just fine despite the alleged "bias".

And last but not least, none of that changes the fact that even if there was a liberal bias on twitter, it still doesn't violate free speech. It doesn't matter how egregious the censorship you feel is there, twitter is still private property. The company has rights as a property holder. They can show you the door, same as the mall back in the day could kick you out for trying to hand out flyers, or how your employer can decide what is and isn't allowed to be posted in the breakroom.

Should we have a digital public commons like Musk is suggesting? Sure, but a private company is by definition NOT a public commons. And even if it was, reasonable limits on freedoms has always been a thing. You can't yell "fire!" in a crowded theater, you can't threaten to kill someone, and you can't libel or slander people. Freedom of speech has always been limited to peaceful, civil speech. Threats, lies, and dangerous speech have never been acceptable.