[semimojo]

That “cesspool” is called the free exchange of ideas.

True.

Do you think companies should be free to say they don't want their ads to run there?

[cgbg]

Now we are getting to the root of the issue.

Google has become a de facto monopoly, and in my opinion they should be trust-busted.

If they are big enough to have de facto control over content, they are big enough to be trust busted.

We are not talking about one individual small company boycotting a website, we are talking about a Silicon Valley behemoth boycotting a website.