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Petition calls to ban Elon Musk's X in Europe (ban-x-in.eu)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/4853884

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/4853256

To whom it may concern.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Petition to ban all people who think differently from me

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Why stop there, why not ban Elon all together?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

How about "if you don't like Musk, don't use X or buy a Tesla?"

I personally don't really like any billionaires at all, but I'm not going to get in to a hissy fit because someone uses Microsoft Windows or bought something from Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I'm not going to get in to a hissy fit because someone uses Microsoft Windows or bought something from Amazon

You're more mature than some people here.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I also don't think banning anything is the way to go. Who don't want to use X doesn't have to - there is Reddit, Mastadon, BlueSky and others.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Why there are always petitions to ban something, not to create something, like eu based social network everyone can join and use for free ?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If someone told me "I don't like Musk, I'm going to stop using Twitter", I'd say "good for you". I think it's great when people stand up for their beliefs and put their money where their mouth is.

If someone told me "I don't like Musk, so you're not allowed to use Twitter", I'd tell them to go fuck themselves. It's none of their business whether they personally like what it is that I want to do as long as I'm not hurting anyone.

Inb4: I'm not a Twitter user and probably never will be, but I believe very strongly in the freedom of expression, even when that means I have to hear things that I don't like.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It kind of invalidates what the EU Committee is all about. This is just stupid, and calling for a ban in a free world is more concerning than X.

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