Cindy Cohn
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah, exactly.
You know,
We also were seeing a lot of, you know, I'm also an employer.
We were seeing a lot of really abusive things going to my staff and people who we talked about in our posts who, you know, were standing up for LGBTQ and we would post something about that.
Those people would get...
And at some point we just decided it wasn't worth the candle anymore, you know, and it makes me sad because again, I know there are plenty of people on that platform who are not hateful, but yeah.
they are stuck in a place where the fundamental dynamic is really awful.
And, you know, at some point, you know, it kind of, I'm a free speech activist, like freedom of speech has to mean the right to leave.
Like the idea that we should be forced to speak in a place where,
is fundamentally inconsistent with the value of freedom of speech, which includes your ability to decide where you speak in the first place.
And I have a hard time with people who are like, you're a free speech organization, so you must post on this private platform.
And I'm like, I don't think you know what free speech means.
It means I get to decide.
Right.
Who my audience is.
And I'm sorry if you're hanging out in the Nazi bar and I can't...
I decide that that's not where I want to speak.
But again, I'm sad about it because there are a lot of people there, especially a lot of politicians and other people who were trying to stop 702.
There's a lot of audiences that it would be better if they weren't all on that platform.
You're a legend.