> "Why should we believe that supporters of "free speech" are advocating for anything other than the legal right to force people to publish their own speech?"

> "Why should we believe that supporters of "free speech" are advocating for anything other than the legal right to force people to publish their own speech?" It's kind of amusing to see the progressives automatically assume anybody defending free speech is part of the right; they're so caught up in the "you're either with us or against us" mentality they haven't figured out that liberals and the center are taking them up on the latter. Yes, the conservatives want to force publication of speech they support and the progressives want to suppress publication of speech they disfavor; six of one, half a dozen of the other and I have no love for either side. Personally, I'd like to see the FCC's fairness doctrine re-instated and the social media giants broken up and heavily regulated so that both conservative and progressive extremism is blunted (and hopefully Fox News killed for good). > "Show me a free speech advocate who is arguing for the repeal of FOSTA/SESTA, the repeal of the anti-Communist provisions in US naturalization law, the repeal of gag rules preventing pediatricians giving their honest medical opinion or obligations for gynecologists to say things they don't believe, or relevant to this thread, the various anti-BDS legislation that's been passed recently, and then we'll talk." I'm a pro-free speech, anti-progressive liberal and all of the things you list are, in my view, both contrary to the First Amendment protections and violate the principles of freedom of speech. But we were talking about private corporations, who aren't subject to the First Amendment, so I fail to see the relevance of your comment.