Hibiscus is Haitian
Even without #Section230
They'd still have a right to content moderation
#Section230valentines
Roses are red
Hydrangeas are white
You can't sue over speech
Removed by a website
#Section230valentines
Hibiscus is Haitian
Even without #Section230
They'd still have a right to content moderation
#Section230valentines
Getting banned makes you blue
But social media's not government
So First Amendment rights don't accrue
(Tangentially) #Section230valentines
Websites aren't a company town
If you argue "but MARSH!"
You look like a clown
#Section230valentines
This shouldn't need explanation
But Title II doesn't make Facebook
A public accommodation
#Section230valentines
Cruz and Hawley are losers
#Section230 protects websites
But ALSO their users
#Section230valentines
Your #Section230 bill is trash
Stop messing with the Internet
To make a partisan splash
#Section230valentines
Reading comprehension's a barrier
But websites do not fit
The definition of common carrier
#Section230valentines
You have no credibility
If you argue that websites
Are a public utility
#Section230valentines
Your state law is preempted
It's a mark of stupidity
That you even attempted
#Section230valentines
Just ask Steven Biss
Lawsuits about third party content
Get tossed on a motion to dismiss
#Section230valentines
There's no difference required
Between publisher and platform
@tedcruz is a liar
#Section230valentines
Laura Loomer is blue
She lost all her lawsuits
Oh no! Wah! Boo-hoo!
#Section230valentines
It sucks for a troll
The First Amendment says websites
Maintain editorial control
#Section230valentines
They can also be pink
c(1) and (c)(2) don't make the distinction
That you seem to think
#Section230valentines
Moderation is hard
230 repeal's not the answer
Hawley is a blowhard
#Section230valentines
Tulsi Gabbard is dumb
The First Amendment is what
Really makes her so glum
#Section230valentines
They'll scream into their pillow
Websites can delete stuff
It says so in Tornillo
#Section230valentines
Your proposal's a wreck
You're pretty socialist
If you say "nationalize big tech"
#Section230valentines
MAGA did insurrection
Social media has the right
To perform a correction
#Section230valentines
https://t.co/wqRnAtmPIB keeps receipts
Repeal #Section230
And you’ll get sued for retweets
#Section230valentines
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Archived at: https://t.co/cKWPSzuYHE
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Archived at: https://t.co/cKWPSzuYHE
#Pluralistic
1/
Mashing the Bernie meme: What if every video game, except Bernie with mittens?
https://t.co/Zcs71oUras
2/
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— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) January 31, 2021
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I just finished Eric Adler's The Battle of the Classics, and wanted to say something about Joel Christiansen's review linked below. I am not sure what motivates the review (I speculate a bit below), but it gives a very misleading impression of the book. 1/x
The meat of the criticism is that the history Adler gives is insufficiently critical. Adler describes a few figures who had a great influence on how the modern US university was formed. It's certainly critical: it focuses on the social Darwinism of these figures. 2/x
Other insinuations and suggestions in the review seem wildly off the mark, distorted, or inappropriate-- for example, that the book is clickbaity (it is scholarly) or conservative (hardly) or connected to the events at the Capitol (give me a break). 3/x
The core question: in what sense is classics inherently racist? Classics is old. On Adler's account, it begins in ancient Rome and is revived in the Renaissance. Slavery (Christiansen's primary concern) is also very old. Let's say classics is an education for slaveowners. 4/x
It's worth remembering that literacy itself is elite throughout most of this history. Literacy is, then, also the education of slaveowners. We can honor oral and musical traditions without denying that literacy is, generally, good. 5/x
As someone\u2019s who\u2019s read the book, this review strikes me as tremendously unfair. It mostly faults Adler for not writing the book the reviewer wishes he had! https://t.co/pqpt5Ziivj
— Teresa M. Bejan (@tmbejan) January 12, 2021
The meat of the criticism is that the history Adler gives is insufficiently critical. Adler describes a few figures who had a great influence on how the modern US university was formed. It's certainly critical: it focuses on the social Darwinism of these figures. 2/x
Other insinuations and suggestions in the review seem wildly off the mark, distorted, or inappropriate-- for example, that the book is clickbaity (it is scholarly) or conservative (hardly) or connected to the events at the Capitol (give me a break). 3/x
The core question: in what sense is classics inherently racist? Classics is old. On Adler's account, it begins in ancient Rome and is revived in the Renaissance. Slavery (Christiansen's primary concern) is also very old. Let's say classics is an education for slaveowners. 4/x
It's worth remembering that literacy itself is elite throughout most of this history. Literacy is, then, also the education of slaveowners. We can honor oral and musical traditions without denying that literacy is, generally, good. 5/x