There is no right to say grossly offensive things but to then expect people who are offended not to react. Say whatever you want, but there can and will be consequences. If you can’t face those consequences, then don’t invite them by saying offensive things. If you want to be offensive, put on your bigboy panties, man up, and accept that offended people have a right to say so, too. But don’t hold your breath waiting for Elmo to ever accept that.

76K a month… to 5K a month.

I’m not sure what statistics you are referring to.

If you mean visitors, you are incorrect. Our traffic did not noticeably decrease since we left Twitter. In fact, it has slightly increased. Our Twitter account was seldom a source of meaningful readership anyway. That’s part of the reason we so readily left once it turned (more) toxic.

If you mean dollars, you are incorrect. We’ve never made $5K in donations in a month, let alone $76K. And Twitter was never a significant source of donors anyway. Total donations have gone down, but that trend started before we left Twitter, and did not accelerate when we left.

If you mean something else, I have not yet imagined what it might be.

Guess you should have stayed on FREE SPEECH X.

There were vanishingly few upsides to participating on that network, and the downsides were becoming burdensome. Leaving was the rational choice.

Further, ‘X’ is not free speech, and neither was Twitter before. After the acquisition it simply became a different set of voices being silenced. “Free” does not mean “only the ones I like.” And “free speech” does not mean “say anything without consequences,” it just means that you can share ideas without facing punishment from the government.

Hope the Republican hatred was worth it!

What a strange and misguided conclusion. I was going to say “leap of logic,” but logic doesn’t seem to be involved.

Guess you should have stayed on FREE SPEECH X.

Hope the Republican hatred was worth it!

I finally decided to post this information.

Years ago, I did indeed contribute to DI.

It wasn’t much because I live on a fixed income, and the current economy has tightened things even more. All of which means that, although I want to support DI, I cannot.

“Bye Bye Birdie”

In one sense, what you wrote sounds as if it is sly humor. If so, well done.

In another, it seems to be the antithesis of free speech because of the wide range of restrictions that you posit.

In some rare cases, I agee. Some speech should not be allowed, such as all Muslims must be killed, pedophiliac priests should not be defrocked, modern slavery is beneficial, etc.

However, I know of some persons who honestly have strong physical and mental reactions at the mere sight of a Trump or Biden statement. Are you saying that speech of that nature should be banned?