After all we've been through, Covid, the Insurrection, the fires and hurricanes, it amazes me how little imagination has crept into American political discourse.#
About Trump's claim that Twitter and Facebook are obligated by the First Amendment, I'm not sure that's wrong. If a social network is so large that they effectively control all speech in a channel, if there's no way around them, different rules should apply. On the other hand, speech, even as guaranteed by the government, is not an absolute. The Constitution is not a suicide pact, President Lincoln said. #
I have made dreams of mine come true several times before, so I know it can happen. We're almost there with outliners. The web was designed to be organized by outliners. Very few people know this, but the ones who do, are very excited. I'm one of them. ;-)#
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