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>The free marketplace of ideas used to be an American ideal. At what point in American history could you expect to use someone else's platform, regardless of y
by RhodesianHunter 6y ago
>The free marketplace of ideas used to be an American ideal.
At what point in American history could you expect to use someone else's platform, regardless of your content, in the name of free speech?
That's right, never.
Freedom of speech is about government censorship and nothing else.
- collyw 6y agoTelephone lines.
- undersuit 6y agoTelephone line owners were forced into being a public utility in the US.
- the_omegist 6y agoIf a train company back in 1850 had a near monopoly in the whole country or a whole state and decided who could or not use their "platform" based on what they say, would it be alright? They sale ads. If no advertiser wants to put an ad on a website, fine. But they can't decide to not offer their service.