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The principal of free speech isn’t the same thing as the right to an audience though. It’s the right to say what you want without being prosecuted. Alex Jones
by eksemplar 8y ago
The principal of free speech isn’t the same thing as the right to an audience though. It’s the right to say what you want without being prosecuted.
Alex Jones wasn’t prosecuted and he had the right to say what he wants, he just can’t do it on Facebook. But that isn’t an infringement of his rights, it’s a simple consequence of being a total asshole.
If you always talk about how great eating feces is at every dinner party you attend, you’re not going to go to jail, but you’re probably going to find yourself without any dinner party invitations.
You could argue that Facebook and Apple are big platforms, but so what? I’m fairly sure infowars wouldn’t publish your submission if you sent an anti-trump article. Does that mean they are hindering your free speech? No.
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