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To: discostu
The simple fact of the matter is all of these companies have acted within their rights...

And then you say stuff like this.

No. Freedom of speech is something that needs to transcend the "property rights" of companies that carry communications. We need to make that a particular exception to "property rights" because to do otherwise would have a seriously bad consequence to our system of governance.

I argue that our system of governance requires freedom of speech, and that means freedom of speech anywhere the public gather.

The Digital frontier is now the modern commons, and it must be treated as such.

If they will not respect our right to freedom of speech, than we should NOT respect their property rights to control such communications infrastructure. It should be imminent domained for the good of the Nation.

33 posted on 08/07/2018 7:19:02 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

Hear, hear!!


44 posted on 08/07/2018 11:20:37 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: DiogenesLamp

No. Property rights and freedom of speech are the same thing. I have the right to decide what speech is on my property. Jones got kicked off of a handful of sites. He’s still got the whole rest of the internet.


54 posted on 08/08/2018 7:46:15 AM PDT by discostu (Every gun makes its own tune.)
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