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> Free speech isn't currently threatened here; providers are just exercising their freedom of association. This is an empty argument. Literally it can be trans
by afiori 7y ago
> Free speech isn't currently threatened here; providers are just exercising their freedom of association.
This is an empty argument. Literally it can be transposed as saying that not employing people of a certain race is just freedom of association.
I do not dispute your point, it is just that this specific claim is meaningless.
- wpietri 7y agoIt's entirely meaningful. These people can still post whatever terrible garbage they want on their own privately hosted sites. The government is not intervening; neither is any other powerful group. It's just that some people don't want to host 8chan anymore given its body count. Not employing people of a certain race is also freedom of association. But since freedom from racial discrimination is something we also value, sometimes that wins.