I agree this is crappy but what is the remedy?
We all want you to still have the right to ban or delete content from your site.
How can you keep FB from banning Jones but still allow Robinson to ban semimojo?
Didn’t some judge rule recently that Trump wasn’t even allowed to block someone on Twitter???
fb, twitter, youtube, apple, et al, all claim to be open platforms open to anyone and everyone.
FR has a more narrowly defined purpose and goals.
FR is open to conservatives and conservative activists. And even narrower than that, FR is open to pro-God (our one true Judeo-Christian God), pro-life, pro-family, pro-America, pro-constitution, pro-gun, pro-borders, constitutionally limited-government conservative patriots.
Marxists, fascists, antifascists (antifa who, in fact, are actually fascists), communists, totalitarians, anarchists, socialists, national socialists, democrat socialists, liberals, progressives, mass murderers, baby murderers, abortionists, homosexualists, globalists, glowbull warming hoaxers, open-borders pushers, amnesty pimps, God-haters, Jew-haters, anti-Semites, big government pushers, gun grabbers, border jumpers, criminals, racists, revolutionists, callers for violence, democrats, rinos, establishment GOPers (but I repeat myself) are not welcome on FR.
Basically we are conservative activists desiring a Judeo-Christian revival for our society and a complete restoration of our constitutionally limited republican form of government and a restoration of all of our God-given unalienable rights.
Those who wish to oppose us and or work against our goals are perfectly free to do so—elsewhere.
In other words, we have a stated purpose and it’s fairly well defined. We are open to those who wish to help us achieve our goals, and those who fit the bill do not mind our policy restrictions (no profanity, no racism, no personal attacks, no violence, abide by and respect our God, family, country ideals) because it’s their natural behavior anyway. That’s why they’re attracted to us in the first place.
FR is privately held.
FB is publicly traded.
That’s a big difference and it makes all the difference in matters of membership.
If Facebook wanted to be a left wing, liberal-progressive website, that censored conservative speech, they should have presented themselves as a left wing activist forum. They should have presented in their terms and conditions of use, as a censoring and banning conservative speech. They should have let the public, their members, stockholders and other regulatory bodies know that they do not allow conservative speech, or allow republican politicians from usage.
FreeRepublic is a conservative activist forum. There is no secret about it. The owner of this privately held forum is very clear about the mission of this website. He has made it clear that he will not allow this website to be used to promote liberalism.