Posted on 03/15/2021 8:00:51 AM PDT by Red Badger
It’s not the government, therefore it’s not censorship, therefore your complaint is invalid.
It is censorship. It just is not government censorship. Censorship can be carried out by the government, by corporate entities, or by private pressure groups. Government censorship is generally unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
It is not censorship. It’s the owner of a product, one you probably never cared about, deciding to not sell it anymore. That’s legitimate exercise of their ownership rights.
Just like when the mafia tells a business it has to shut down operations in their neighborhood. It's the business owner exercising ownership rights. The fact that mafia is threatening broken kneecaps for the owner is immaterial.
Nope. Just like when Cheetos decided there was no market for a certain flavor. Nobody forced them. The fact is nobody but the most diehard Seuss fans have even heard of these books. In a sane world nobody would care they got pulled from the market.
Yup. Mafia threat.
Now you’re a liar. Congrats. We’re done.
No, you're a liar. And you're dung.
If you would actually read posts that you are responding to you would realize that I did not dispute the right of the owner of a work to decide to no longer publish it. I also acknowledged that it is eBay's prerogative to ban all sales of existing copies of the books on their platform, even though that clearly is censorship.
The First Amendment protects the right of anyone to publish or refuse to publish or to sell or refuse to sell any books they choose, whether it is because they find certain books offensive or simply because they are woke corporations who are catering to the far left. The First Amendment also protects my right to complain about book banning by woke corporations catering to the far left.
Who cares what ebay says. Again, their business, they don’t have to sell anything. That’s not censorship. I never said you can’t complain, I said your complaints lack facts. They’re just childish whining declaring things to be something they aren’t. If you want to continue to spout things that are factually wrong and show you to be ignorant go right ahead.
That’s all you got huh? Just a flame attack, you can’t even bother to write. Well, not a surprise. So now that we both know you’re wrong, have a great day.
Trying to have a conversation with you is like trying to argue with a stump, only far less interesting. Have you ever posted on any thread on Free Republic in which you have not resorted to ad hominem attacks against anyone who disagrees with you?
The bottom line is no one cares what you have to say about anything. So feel free to get in the last stupid word, because I know you will throw a temper tantum and wet your pants if you don’t.
You haven’t tried to have a conversation. Linking to a flame attack is not a conversation. Jerking off on your first amendment right to be full of it is not a conversation. You insulted me. I didn’t insult you. I don’t insult most people, not until they’ve fully established they’re addicted to flame. Then I call them an idiot, because they are, and I leave.
The bottom line is you’re wrong. I showed you’re wrong, and now your feelings are hurt, and you’re lashing out like a child. Only temper tantrum here was your link. I don’t care about the state of your pants.
Oh you’re so cute when you’re being a flame addicted fool. Thanks for proving me right. Bye now moron.
Absolutely.
But trying to prevent the sale of already published books is beyond that.
EBay is a private company and can make their own decisions. They limit all kinds of stuff from sale. Some for good reasons, some for stupid.
And why you loose repeatedly.
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