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To: Blue House Sue

The socials shouldn’t be censoring political thought. Okay? I think they run into problems when they are shown to be preventing the free exercise of the rights that every American enjoys for no reason other than their own political bias. That’s it. There is no public good advanced. Facebook, Twitter, etc. are free to hold their political beliefs as long as it doesn’t infringe on the rights of the individual user to practice theirs. When this case comes before The Supreme Court, they will lose. There are other issues involved as well having to do with campaign finance laws and the laws governing for-profit companies political contributions


95 posted on 08/08/2018 9:48:56 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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To: McCarthysGhost

“When this case comes before The Supreme Court, they will lose.”

So, you want legislation from the Bench that will dictate to private companies the manner in which they must conduct their business?

I favor a market approach.

If the consumer does not like the editorial polices of Facebook and Twitter, the consumer can elect not to use Facebook or Twitter.

If the shareholders object to the editorial polices of Facebook and Twitter, those shareholders can dump their shares.

Investors can then refuse to buy Facebook and Twitter stock.

At that point, the values of those companies will plummet and they will fire their Boards or Directors and then change their editorial polices.


97 posted on 08/08/2018 10:11:59 AM PDT by Blue House Sue
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