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> Private companies' interest should have little, if any, control over the ability of the public to speak This is the back door to authoritarianism. This basic
by ashtonkem 6y ago
> Private companies' interest should have little, if any, control over the ability of the public to speak
This is the back door to authoritarianism. This basic premise would allow the government to reach in and force companies to associate against their will. This power will be abused.
> Speech without a platform isn't speech at all
This is utter nonsense. By this logic, speech without access to a bullhorn or an editorial board isn’t speech at all.
You have a right to speak without being prosecuted by the government. Pretending that you have a right to a Twitter account or an equivalent thereof is both silly, it’s incredibly entitled.
- pas 6y ago> This is utter nonsense. Nah, OP has a point - even if it's easy to misinterpret. Just as you mentioned government coercion about free association, speech means that "those people" are free to start their parallel society, their own journals, newspapers, forums and whatnot. It means that speech as a right has to include the right for the capability of building, having, and operating a platform, not a right for a guaranteed audience.