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> You people who say that freedom of speech laws only apply to government restrictions, not to private companies: Do you realize that if this approach were take
by mistersquid 6y ago
> You people who say that freedom of speech laws only apply to government restrictions, not to private companies: Do you realize that if this approach were taken to private restaurants we would still have whites-only lunch counters?
In the US, partisan political affiliation does not constitute a protected class, and incitements to violence are not protected speech.
- pmdulaney 6y agoYes, but someone who has committed a speech crime (such as incitement to violence) gets tried for that crime -- he doesn't get forced to wear a gag in public or have his phone service taken away.
- hairofadog 6y agoBeing banned from Twitter isn’t equivalent to being forced to wear a gag in public; it’s equivalent to being asked to leave the restaurant. Presumably if someone came into a restaurant falsely and loudly claiming the food had been poisoned and inciting the customers to inflict violence on the chef, they’d be asked to leave the restaurant.
- pmdulaney 6y agoWell, no. It's more like being banned from a restaurant for life, isn't it? Besides my argument is that social media is more like a utility than any particular restaurant is. Even if you were banned for life you could go to many others.