Isn’t that sort of like saying: You can sign up and participate here, as long as you agree not to be Black
when you do participate.
As for being a member of a protected group, we have over
330 million members of our protected group. They are known
as citizens of the United States of America.
I submit that they are discriminating against Conservatives.
If it were one business, it might not be so bad, but in
this instance you had Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram doing
it in certain instances.
We still have universities across the nation doing it.
We are now finding out that the federal government was
helping them do it.
“protected class” is a legal term, and I know no legal precedent that recognizes any people espousing any political ideology as a “protected class.”
Race, sex and religion... categories for which people cannot be discriminated against. There are legal protections involved.
I never said that these platforms weren’t being discriminatory. What I said was that because people check the “I Agree” box when signing up to use them, they are pretty much agreeing that the site can censor them. As long as the Terms of Service agreement is the same for everyone... completely legal.
You kept mentioning the First Amendment. The First Amendment does not protect anyone from Twitter censorship. It protects people from censorship from the Government.
If you write a “Letter to the Editor” of the local news and the local news doesn’t print it, there is no legal recourse for you. Your “First Amendment Rights” have not been violated.
It’s not any different for internet platforms.