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Free speech is only protected from government censorship, not private party censorship. Further, communications platforms are not public forums in the legal se
by bovermyer 3y ago
Free speech is only protected from government censorship, not private party censorship.
Further, communications platforms are not public forums in the legal sense.
Unless, of course, you're advocating for the government to nationalize Twitter et al. That's a whole 'nother conversation.
- polski-g 3y agoWhy is freedom of association not protected in the same manner? Private freedom of association was ended when the CRA was passed.
- anoonmoose 3y agoI think most people would not agree that "private freedom of association" has ended in the US. There are protected classes, you're not allowed to discriminate against someone for their existence as a member of a protected class, but there are definitely still plenty of ways in which I'm allowed to bar people as I see fit (in my locale, "no Biden/Trump supporters allowed" would be legal).
- skinnymuch 3y agoAre you referring to the Civil Rights Act? freedom of association is a construct made up by modern nation states and people. It was never truly freedom. Classes, hierarchy, power, in the modern world order led by the US and western Europe. Fred Hampton was murdered by the racist capitalist government after the CRA passed. Before one can get to any sort of freedoms, one must not be killed by the same state bestowing such freedoms.