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RTN's focus on freedom of speech while condemning Mailchimp's actions is absolutely meant as an equivocation that tries to apply Constitutional protections in a
by Falling3 6y ago
RTN's focus on freedom of speech while condemning Mailchimp's actions is absolutely meant as an equivocation that tries to apply Constitutional protections in an argument where they don't apply.
And your comment does the exact same thing only more explicitly. The First Amendment has absolutely nothing to do with this issue. And it's very telling that people would prefer to focus on platforms regulating their content and "cancel culture" than addressing the very real and consistent attacks on the First Amendment by the current administration.
- thu2111 6y agoRead my post again. Yes, the FA doesn't apply to companies. But it exists because the underlying principle is very important. Important for everyone, not just the government. It is entirely reasonable to point out that if something is so important it's written into the constitution, then it's important across wider society as well, and that what Mailchimp and other US tech firms are doing here is not right, wise or good.