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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/819971363112767489
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/819971363112767489
|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=While often tempted, I'm not a free speech absolutist. I'm an anti-utopian w a commitment to keep our world safe from well meaning utopians.
|content=While often tempted, I'm not a free speech absolutist. I'm an anti-utopian w a commitment to keep our world safe from well meaning utopians.


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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/820433685463711744
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/820433685463711744
|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=I like free speech but not absolute free speech. The US is the finer but not the latter.
|content=I like free speech but not absolute free speech. The US is the finer but not the latter.
|timestamp=4:53 PM · Jan 14, 2017
|timestamp=4:53 PM · Jan 14, 2017
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/851082510721204225
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/851082510721204225
|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=Conclusion: my engagement patterns changed. Some of it is likely algorithmic. We should have a free speech option: time ordered, no filters.
|content=Conclusion: my engagement patterns changed. Some of it is likely algorithmic. We should have a free speech option: time ordered, no filters.
|timestamp=2:40 PM · Apr 09, 2017
|timestamp=2:40 PM · Apr 09, 2017
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/873441322362961920
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/873441322362961920
|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=We're standing up to mob rule to fight for universal civil rights, academic freedom, science & free speech. Safety NOT guaranteed.
|content=We're standing up to mob rule to fight for universal civil rights, academic freedom, science & free speech. Safety NOT guaranteed.


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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/888552939769405440
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/888552939769405440
|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=VOICE OVER: We've secretly replaced Free-Speech America w new improved Sharia-compliant blasphemy-free America. Let's watch folks' reaction!
|content=VOICE OVER: We've secretly replaced Free-Speech America w new improved Sharia-compliant blasphemy-free America. Let's watch folks' reaction!
 
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https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/07/21/richard-dawkins-deplatformed-at-a-book-talk-berkeley-for-abusive-speech-about-islam-on-twitter/
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/07/21/richard-dawkins-deplatformed-at-a-book-talk-berkeley-for-abusive-speech-about-islam-on-twitter/
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|timestamp=12:15 AM · Jul 22, 2017
|timestamp=12:15 AM · Jul 22, 2017
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/908804532926164992
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/908804532926164992
|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=Clay, you weren't in a comedy club & your right to free speech wasn't infringed. You just put a colleague in a no win situation...& she won!
|content=Clay, you weren't in a comedy club & your right to free speech wasn't infringed. You just put a colleague in a no win situation...& she won!
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/908816176414732288
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/908816176414732288
|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=End/ This isn't the crime of the century. But it's also not fair. There are implicit rules about jokes & flirting that aren't "free speech."
|content=End/ This isn't the crime of the century. But it's also not fair. There are implicit rules about jokes & flirting that aren't "free speech."
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/908812060112252928
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|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=1/ You bet I do: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mn5crhTusSA
|content=1/ You bet I do: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mn5crhTusSA


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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/908812852273741831
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/908812852273741831
|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=2/ Sarandon's character was host to two men. But it was she who turned the conversation sexy. Costner was offended (not outraged) & strong.
|content=2/ Sarandon's character was host to two men. But it was she who turned the conversation sexy. Costner was offended (not outraged) & strong.
|timestamp=Sep 15, 2017
|timestamp=Sep 15, 2017
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/908813322769678336
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/908813322769678336
|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=3/ Sarandon wouldn't let him stay private crossing into his space. He responded to her as a sexual woman and an equal not a delicate flower.
|content=3/ Sarandon wouldn't let him stay private crossing into his space. He responded to her as a sexual woman and an equal not a delicate flower.
|timestamp=Sep 15, 2017
|timestamp=Sep 15, 2017
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/908813910165164032
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/908813910165164032
|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=4/ He also was leaving her space and not remaining on her couch. This gave her choice without having to have her shut him down. A key issue.
|content=4/ He also was leaving her space and not remaining on her couch. This gave her choice without having to have her shut him down. A key issue.
|timestamp=Sep 15, 2017
|timestamp=Sep 15, 2017
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/908814753866309632
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/908814753866309632
|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=5/ My point's simple. These issues are tricky & we've all screwed them up. But we don't just get to say any old thing. There are rules here.
|content=5/ My point's simple. These issues are tricky & we've all screwed them up. But we don't just get to say any old thing. There are rules here.
|timestamp=Sep 15, 2017
|timestamp=Sep 15, 2017
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/913560621450276864
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/913560621450276864
|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=On the death of @hughhefner, I had to remind myself of how a lost thinking US-Left playfully championed free speech:
|content=On the death of @hughhefner, I had to remind myself of how a lost thinking US-Left playfully championed free speech:


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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/943662668925116416
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/943662668925116416
|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=I should point out that unlike many friends, I’m *not* a free speech absolutist. Not a Trump voter. Not opposed to *some* discretion by the private sector as to whom it can deny service. But these are now utility like companies and something feels too...coordinated?...something.
|content=I should point out that unlike many friends, I’m *not* a free speech absolutist. Not a Trump voter. Not opposed to *some* discretion by the private sector as to whom it can deny service. But these are now utility like companies and something feels too...coordinated?...something.


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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/943654570424639488
|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/943654570424639488
|name=Eric Weinstein
|name=Eric Weinstein
|usernameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein
|username=EricRWeinstein
|content=I believe @facebook, @Twitter, @Google are now deploying effective new measures & standards for securing US democracy against a repeat of unwanted involvement by unacceptable outsiders.  
|content=I believe @facebook, @Twitter, @Google are now deploying effective new measures & standards for securing US democracy against a repeat of unwanted involvement by unacceptable outsiders.