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"No, he shouldn't. Ever. He can tweet about how unfair they are, how rigged they are, call them out by name, whatever. He can encourage people to use other media if he wants. But there's no way in hell anyone on this forum should be supporting government interference of the internet."

I disagree.

The most basic function of our government is to enforce the Constitution. When free speech is being abridged on sites that have been recognized as primary means of communication and as public forms, the government can and should step in. I hope the new Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, addresses this situation.

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The most basic function of our government is to enforce the Constitution. When free speech is being abridged on sites that have been recognized as primary means of communication and as public forms, the government can and should step in.

Good Lord. The Bill of Rights limits the government's ability to abridge speech. It has nothing to do with private businesses or private anything. Warped views of the Constitution like yours are exactly why the government is overreaching in virtually every area of our lives. Reddit is a private business. They can censor all they want. They'll destroy themselves doing it, but the government has absolutely no say.

And this reasoning of: hey, we've recognized reddit as a primary means of communication and therefore it should be regulated fully by the government, is exactly how we got to where the EPA recognizes a puddle in your backyard as a wetland and can therefore regulate it and fine you $12,000 per day for not following their edicts.

There is a fair amount of so-called conservatives that think they are fighting Big Government when they are actually part of the problem.

When free speech is being abridged on sites that have been recognized as primary means of communication and as public forms, the government can and should step in.

Hmmm.

"When Commerce is being abridged in bakeries that have been recognized as a primary means of getting Wedding cakes and as "public accommodations", the government can and should step in."

"When JimRob banns someone at FR, a public forum, the government can and should step in."

Nope. Still sounds Big Govt. Statist to me.