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To: semimojo
The intent of the constitution is that speech be not censored. It never occurred to the founders that any organization besides a government would ever be capable of such a thing, but had they considered it, they would not have allowed private companies to control public speech.

Even if you disagree with my understanding of Constitutional intent, as a practical matter, we cannot tolerate this.

If we do not make this practice illegal, we shall all be undone eventually.

62 posted on 08/12/2018 9:43:06 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp
It never occurred to the founders that any organization besides a government would ever be capable of such a thing, but had they considered it, they would not have allowed private companies to control public speech.

OK, looking past the claim that Diogenes Lamp knows what the founders considered, there were private newspapers and phamplets in that day which they chose not to regulate.

Are you advocating that we should only allow public (government) institutions to control public speech?

67 posted on 08/12/2018 9:50:22 PM PDT by semimojo
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