Ben Wizner
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yes.
Of the platforms.
We said he's the president.
What he does is newsworthy.
We're not better off if we get a sanitized version of him.
We're better off if we get the real version of him.
This is information we need about him to make decisions.
To make decisions a few years later about whether to elect him.
Trump was deplatformed from these major platforms for years.
And then he rode back into office.
It didn't exactly work.
So yes, I do think that on the whole, we're better off seeing the devil with his horns.
In 2023, we represented the National Rifle Association in a First Amendment case in the U.S.
Supreme Court, which we won 9-0, by the way.
But this was not a popular position among what you might say, call the progressive constituency and many of our members.
But it's something that we need to do.
I mean, we think these rights are indivisible.
If you won't defend them for everyone, they won't exist for everyone.
And we genuinely believe in freedom of conscience.
Today, I put some skin in the game.