What is this "free speech" you are referring to? Free Republic is privately owned, there is no right of free speech here.
>>>What is this “free speech” you are referring to? Free Republic is privately owned, there is no right of free speech here.
Technically correct... so why allow FR members to post at all? Why shouldn’t members be required to contribute before they are allowed to post? Why shouldn’t all posts be scrutinized before being published? Who actually does have the right to post here? I agree... the owners ARE the only ones who have a true right here to say or suppress anything they want. So why don’t they just ZOT anyone who expresses an opinion that differs even slightly from their own?
Yeah... you are right... but you are also wrong.