So suddenly the first amendment counts in a private forum.
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It’s not.
Except there are two things different here.
First, It’s Donald Trump. He is president. If he blocks people he is effectively censoring them. This is normally his prerogative, as almost anyone would agree, except that he is a part of our government, and he blurs the lines between personal and public use of his twitter account. The first amendment protects people from having their speech (among other things) infringed upon by government.
Second, It’s Donald Trump. Lets face it. If it was Obama, this wouldn’t be happening.
Given that people can still see his tweets if they simply log off their blocked account, how can they be said to be censored?
Now, if Trump had somehow banned and deactivated other people’s accounts so they couldn’t use Twitter at all, that would be censorship. But he hasn’t done that, because that’s solely within Twitter’s prerogative.
No, not at all.
Trump can censor his own account, even if it's on government property. Trump can't censor other people's accounts.
However Twitter can censor Trump's account and I'm sure that they will now that they have this phony ruling.
You might want to reread the first amendment.