No, I saw it. Parler's mistake was not negotiating a contract with AWS with the protections they wanted. It's quite possible AWS would have said no to those requests but Parler could then have gone to one of a dozen other hosting sites.
There is a reason why companies providing a public service that can't be easily replaced are held to a different standard.
That's the heart of our disagreement. None of the techs are public services. They're privately owned commercial information services. If you want the government to seize them for the public good, fine, but be prepared to pay their shareholders huge amounts of tax money for confiscating their private property.
The techs aren't promoting anything by letting someone post, they are colluding to suppress political viewpoints by suddenly deciding what viewpoints are allowed and which aren't.
If I invite someone into my home, restaurant or internet forum I retain the right to kick them out if they act in a way I don't like. A private company colluding to suppress political viewpoints may be cowardly but it's not illegal.
...they have become a de facto part of the most radical wing of the democratic party oppressing anything remotely political they disagree with.
As is their right.
You have someone taking a flamethrower to your house, but because they are standing on the sidewalk you think they are within their rights to burn your house down.
That may be the most off-point metaphor I've heard.
Are you saying FB is attacking you (taking a flamethrower to your house) because they have limits on what you can do on their free service?
None of the techs are public services. They're privately owned commercial information services.
They are publicly traded and the general public uses their services.
I retain the right to kick them out if they act in a way I don't like.
And you claim I am using off-point metaphors? You think a publicly traded company offering services to the public working to enforce a one party state is the moral and legal equivalent of someone insulting your carpet color?
As is their right.
This is why the left controls every institution: They engage in non-stop political warfare. Most of the right, on the other hand not only refuses to resist, but acts like the left's dog when they get home from work. Put your tongue back in your mouth and stop licking their boots. In any other industry, yanking the rug out from under your customers like this will get you into hot water because it is by its very nature a fraudulent business practice.
Are you saying FB is attacking you (taking a flamethrower to your house) because they have limits on what you can do on their free service?
Once again, you are either intentionally missing the point or simply can't grasp the big picture. This is not about any one person's posts. It is about every single big tech company working in unison to deprive half the country of its political voice.
It isn't just politics as usual, it is the end of politics and the birth of the one party state.