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I guess you forgot how many HNers urged everyone to boycott Microsoft, Oracle and Amazon and to quit those companies when it was revealed they wanted to get con
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I guess you forgot how many HNers urged everyone to boycott Microsoft, Oracle and Amazon and to quit those companies when it was revealed they wanted to get contracts with the US military.
Just like now KickStarter is under similar pressure.
- ceejayoz 4y agoShould they not be able to use their free speech to advocate for that?
- LawTalkingGuy 4y agoAnd others are just pointing out that this isn't a grass-roots movement of hurt or concerned individuals and actually is the same manipulative media outlets that have blown everything out of proportion for years, hoping to create a backlash.
- ceejayoz 4y agoIs that not permitted under free speech?
- LawTalkingGuy 4y agoTo some degree, no. As these media outlets collaborate with government, as the twitter files are showing, they lose their right to have their own voice. I doubt Kickstarter or Gawker has crossed the line, but it is there to be crossed.
- ceejayoz 4y agoThat’s a novel interpretation of the First Amendment.