Posted on 12/04/2022 9:03:04 AM PST by NetAddicted
The first amendment was against government censorship, not private places. You going to the town square or publishing something against them. If you’re concerned about censorship, talk to the thousands who have been zotted from here over the years. Some deservedly. But zotted none the less.
“that right to post on Twitter that our forefathers died for.”
Maybe YOUR forefathers didn’t die for your right to post on Twitter today, but mine sure did. Free speech is free speech, no matter what the century.
You probably believe that the Second Amendment only applies to muskets, too.
Sometimes conservatives blow it. They’re on the wrong side of certain things. There’s nothing wrong with having that discussion. Too many want a echo chamber instead of competing in the arena of ideas and to stand up to that echo chamber is wrong.
No, the right not to have the government suppress speech of the citizens in the public square.
The GOVERNMENT urged a PRIVATE enterprise to CENSOR people. That my friend is a GOVERNMENT action, and it denies people their First Amendment Right to FREEDOM OF SPEECH! I cannot emphasize strongly enough that the GOVERNMENT cannot deny the citizens their right to freedom of speech, nor can the GOVERNMENT compel someone to censor speech on its behalf! It is called by its true name - GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP!
You’ve obviously never followed @realJamesWoods.
“The first amendment was against government censorship, not private places.”
The courts have ruled many times that when the government acts in concert with a private party to suppress speech, it is no different than the government itself suppressing speech. This is a clear 1st amendment violation.
There it is.
Bla bla bla...where are the television and radio ads taking these issues straight to the voters? Where are the articles taking the media itself to task? Where are the hearings on big media and big tech colluding with government...where are the $T class action lawsuits?
You got that right.
My BOD: April 1998.
Voters? You mean the men behind the curtain who write code? lol
That’s right. Hitler didn’t murder Jews, I. G. Far enough, a private company did, so it’s all good. That Hitler told them to is immaterial.
Funny, but in this case, Biden and his team weren’t the government, but a candidate. And in the data dump, it was said Trump as both a candidate and elected official did the same thing, only not as frequently. Can you give me some examples of your claim?
That individual can still communicate their thoughts and beliefs. Maybe not to a mass audience, but to anyone within earshot.
Apples/Oranges.
I was kicked off for telling the truth about the dem party…the party of slavery,rebellion, Jim Crow, segregation, and Bull Connor
Meaning?
Congressional hearings will start in 2023.
The fact that government agents were requesting a private company restrict specific speech on a public forum under any rubric, however intellectually dishonest or fictional, is apparently lost on you.
This was an thinly veiled end run around 1st amendment protection.
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