2 ms·
The 1st Amendment is irrelevant. At best you can appeal to a general principle of "freedom of speech," but you cannot appeal to the right to free speech protec
by pohl 7y ago
The 1st Amendment is irrelevant.
At best you can appeal to a general principle of "freedom of speech," but you cannot appeal to the right to free speech protected by that amendment, which has to do with limiting the Government's ability to curtail freedom of expression.
8chan and 4chan are private entities.
https://xkcd.com/1357/ https://xkcd.com/1357/
- not_a_cop75 7y agoWell, it depends. If the government is perceived as using corporations to do their dirtywork, then it would definitely fall under that law. And we know from government history that the government does indeed do this from time to time. And certainly the right to say something never guarantees freedom from the repercussions of saying it. That was never implied in my words, although maybe you've pulled that from some groupthink somewhere.
- pohl 7y agoIf there's any groupthink somewhere, it's in the notion that "[N-chans] are hot beds for the 1st amendment." They are not. Nothing prevents them from creating and enforcing standards of conduct, not even the constitution.
- not_a_cop75 7y agogroup·think /ˈɡro͞opˌTHiNGk/ the practice of thinking or making decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual responsibility. What newspapers or media outlets are defending these sites? I have not seen a single one.
- pohl 7y agoWhy limit it to media? Ideas travel through so many other vectors, too, like from n-chan-denizen to n-chan-denizen via comments on n-chan.