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To: Kaslin

So suddenly the first amendment counts in a private forum.

Why aren’t we burning these places to the ground?


2 posted on 05/25/2018 5:11:19 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: Celerity

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.


13 posted on 05/25/2018 6:02:38 AM PDT by z3n
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