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I am confused, because free speech/freedom from censorship only applies to that which is oppressed by the Government, not private companies.
by andonisus 8y ago
I am confused, because free speech/freedom from censorship only applies to that which is oppressed by the Government, not private companies.
- some_random 8y agoLegally in the US, yeah. But should that be the case?
- ameister14 8y agoThat's not true. Free speech as a concept is speech free from censorship, period, not just censorship by government fiat. Look, you can disagree with that, but I'm not sure why you would. The entire concept is that two ideas, presented before a reasoning audience, can be examined and the one that is better will be likely to be adopted. This is impossible to do if one of the ideas is never presented as it is censored.
- Mikhail_Edoshin 8y agoIf I operate my own public library and remove a book from there because of its contents it is censorship. It doesn't matter whether I'm totally within my rights to do that (I am) and what exactly the book contents are.