Author Archive: Sarah Hoyt

PLEASE NOTE NO ONE EVER HAD TO PROTECT SPEECH EVERYONE AGREED WITH:  Hate Speech.

ALLUDING TO HEINLEIN, ANY RELIGION, OR FOR THAT MATTER ANY CULTURE THAT SAYS THIS YOU CANNOT SAY, THIS YOU CANNOT READ, THIS YOU CANNOT THINK IS NOT A FRIEND OF FREEDOM:  Hypersensitivity and Race.

IS THERE A THING FOR CRAZIES WITH SWORDS LATELY:  So the other day we were sitting at Pete’s Kitchen (Colfax Avenue) having late dinner, and next to our table was a table of policemen (not unusual there) with a radio.  And suddenly out of the radio the words crackle “He’s run back into the alley and he has a sword.”  Uh.  Bringing a knife to a gunfight… in Nebraska.

ON BOOKS PUBLICITY, AND NOT BAD ADVICE ON WINE, EITHER:  In Vino Veritas.

IT’S NOT SO MUCH OUR BEING RULED BY BOTS THAT UPSETS ME. IT’S OUR BEING RULED BY STUPID BOTS:  Code Is Free Not Spam.

AND THEIR STUNNING LACK OF SELF AWARENESS WILL NOT HELP THEM SCRAMBLE FROM THE BRINK:  Purity Spirals Into Evil.

THOUGHTS FROM THE BOSS ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUT HERE’S THE THING — THEY WANT TO DO AWAY WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT TOO.  THERE’S MORE AND MORE TALK ABOUT HOW IT DOESN’T ALLOW US TO RESTRICT “HATE SPEECH” AND THAT’S A BAD THING. I VIEW ALL THIS AS THEIR FIRST STEP TOWARDS THAT:  Freedom of speech is under attack from the big cybertech companies.