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The first amendment (in case you haven't even read it!) : Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise t

The first amendment (in case you haven't even read it!) : Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Nowhere in there does it say.. and by the way ALL corporations must ALSO allow freedom of speech. Their servers, their rules. The internet is about freedom and it goes both way -- you're free to say what you want and the site you post it to is free to remove that content if they deem it hurtful to others.

mike503 9y ago
YES. This. I have tried to remind people that the amendment is only about that. Corporations and anyone can do anything they want to (and risk the blowback)
- bencollier49 9y ago
  That's fine, but when most of civil society moves over to closed corporate eletronic platforms, you have to ask whether those platforms should have analogous rules, and if not, why not.
  - valuearb 9y ago
    That's a personal choice. If you don't like the restrictions of the most popular platforms, you can choose a different one. Freedom of speech can never be taken away by corporations. Open source software gives you the power to create your own platforms if none of the commercial ones meet your requirements.
  - gremlinsinc 9y ago
    These 'closed' entities like facebook...you realize their only power is the people... if people get fed up they can just leave... All the Nazi's are free to go leave start their own networks, and leave the rest of us in peace. Freedom of speech also doesn't mean we need to hear you rant on and on about 'white culture'. So if the majority of us complain, and FB/Google/Apple listen to the majority (i.e. democractically decide) that you're out -- then goodbye you've lost in the marketplace of ideas. I'm white, a mutt from Irish, German, and English stock, but white culture doesn't mean shit to me...now Irish, German, English culture--that actually means something. I'm sure there's probably some hispanic/indian could even be some african american.. I think a lot of racists would be surprised if they ever would ante up for a DNA test.
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mike503 9y ago

YES. This. I have tried to remind people that the amendment is only about that. Corporations and anyone can do anything they want to (and risk the blowback)

bencollier49 9y ago
That's fine, but when most of civil society moves over to closed corporate eletronic platforms, you have to ask whether those platforms should have analogous rules, and if not, why not.
- valuearb 9y ago
  That's a personal choice. If you don't like the restrictions of the most popular platforms, you can choose a different one. Freedom of speech can never be taken away by corporations. Open source software gives you the power to create your own platforms if none of the commercial ones meet your requirements.
- gremlinsinc 9y ago
  These 'closed' entities like facebook...you realize their only power is the people... if people get fed up they can just leave... All the Nazi's are free to go leave start their own networks, and leave the rest of us in peace. Freedom of speech also doesn't mean we need to hear you rant on and on about 'white culture'. So if the majority of us complain, and FB/Google/Apple listen to the majority (i.e. democractically decide) that you're out -- then goodbye you've lost in the marketplace of ideas. I'm white, a mutt from Irish, German, and English stock, but white culture doesn't mean shit to me...now Irish, German, English culture--that actually means something. I'm sure there's probably some hispanic/indian could even be some african american.. I think a lot of racists would be surprised if they ever would ante up for a DNA test.
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