> I don’t consider Free Republic to be a “Big Tech” company. <
Agreed. FR is just one of many political discussion boards. If someone doesn’t like FR’s rules or outlook - or whatever - there are many alternatives, alternatives that have roughly the same influence as does FR.
On the other hand, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter all have evolved into information monopolies. Either regulate them (by enforcing your “serve everyone who sits at the lunch counter” rule), or break them up.
Well put. Exactly my thoughts, but better said.
“Agreed. FR is just one of many political discussion boards. If someone doesn’t like FR’s rules or outlook - or whatever - there are many alternatives, alternatives that have roughly the same influence as does FR.”
It doesn’t work like that.
That’s like saying that NYC must allow free speech in public spaces, but some small town in Kansas can forbid it because there are plenty of alternative small towns to chose from.
Either the lunch counter is open to all anywhere there is a lunch counter, or not. It cant be a proportional thing.
Like I’m telling people, you cant go down this road with one eye closed, and think that you arn’t going to end up tripping.