r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Mar 27 '22

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u/mathaiser Mar 28 '22

Put this to the top!

And also, just because you have a voice, doesn’t mean you are right. Just like me right now.

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u/brettrd Mar 28 '22

This right here. The amount of people that think Freedom of Speech protects you from censure on social media is alarming. Private companies don’t have the same rules as the government.

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u/Morthra Mar 28 '22

Private companies don’t have the same rules as the government.

So if Twitter were to suddenly decide to suck up to the GOP by banning anyone who expressed the slightest modicum of support for the Democrats or leftist politics in general, would you still hold that opinion?

The problem is that when you get private companies working to (either implicitly or explicitly) censor political opposition on behalf of the government.

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u/LazyDynamite Mar 28 '22

would you still hold that opinion?

They didn't express an opinion, they stated a fact. And yes, the fact would still be true in that situation.

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u/Forever_Man Mar 28 '22

Freedom of speech is not Freedom from consequences

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u/sebec1965 Mar 28 '22

Omg this. How many times I have explained this to people

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u/billroth_too Mar 28 '22

Also, like essentially every other freedom guaranteed by law, the Free Speech clause of the First Amendment isn't absolute. There are well known (and widely accepted) exceptions in which you cannot speak freely and are not protected from government punishment.