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To: MichaelCorleone

The first free speech case doesn’t bode well for free speech or freedom of thought on the Internet. If only government is forbidden from squelching free speech then that means FB, Google, Twitter, etal. are free to become arbiters of what will and will not be allowed to be posted on the ‘Net’. Not a good thing for conservative voices.


7 posted on 07/13/2019 6:33:30 AM PDT by redangus
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To: redangus

Where I see an in against Twitter and FB is their rules which are not uniformly enforced and it is very obvious.


13 posted on 07/13/2019 7:14:35 AM PDT by tiki
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To: redangus

Understood, but not true; folks use the mentioned serices as a matter of choice, let the market decide. Okay, google FB Twit et all are leftist statist garbage, but so what, move on to some other service, or voice your opinion so that some favorable source is developed for your consumption.

Having anyone other than the government restricted is not good for conservatives- think of the issue around the equal time on talk radio- a majority conservative market- want the govt/courts to require equal time to the commie loving left on BOT radio or similar?

Anyways;


15 posted on 07/13/2019 7:25:45 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: redangus

Very good point.

But, if government is doing their Constitutional duty, they should be protecting our rights, correct?

Things like free speech, freedom of association, unreasonable searches and seizures, etc.

At a minimum they should break up the oligopolies the Bolsheviks are using to (try to) silence and manipulate us.

Maybe I am engaging in wishful thinking here, I don’t know.

Your point is very valid.


17 posted on 07/13/2019 8:37:49 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: redangus

Not necessarily, but you still can’t discriminate.


20 posted on 07/13/2019 9:50:13 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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