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Not sure that's true. Isn't it the first amendment? Private corporations have radically more control over what its members say and repeat, than the government
by tomlockwood 5y ago
Not sure that's true. Isn't it the first amendment?
Private corporations have radically more control over what its members say and repeat, than the government does. Might be that other governments are different, depending.
- vorpalhex 5y agoThe government has been on the losing side of a lot of free speech cases. Just because the first amendment exists doesn't mean the government respects it. Also the government is not a singular entity but many small ones. See Cohen v California for a good example of this.
- tomlockwood 5y agoYeah but what's the comparative case that respects free speech more than the government?
- vorpalhex 5y agoSmall communities where you can shop for a community that aligns with your desire to speak freely, and where non-free communities have alternatives.
- tomlockwood 5y agoI don't feel like this response really answers the question. You're saying some of these small communities don't align with a desire to speak freely. I feel like the same can be said, of some government. I'm not seeing why this is better.
- vorpalhex 5y agoShopping governments is not a thing. Shopping your online community is. Speaking freely shouldn't involve changing your life, address, citizenship, passport, taxes, healthcare...
- tomlockwood 5y agoIf you're a federalist, shopping governments supposedly, is possible.