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by jack9 3338 days ago
> But why any individual our company thinks that helping to promote hate speech has anything at all to do with free speech is beyond me

"Helping to promote" meaning what? Letting someone have the freedom to speak, or the freedom to own property to post speech, etc? How do you NOT think free speech has something to do with defining speech you don't like? SMH

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Individuals and companies in the USA have always been allowed to suppress speech they do not agree with. You are not obligated to employ someone whose speech you disagree with. You are not obligated to give them a place to speak. You are not obligated to provide internet services. The 1st Amendment only protects us from government interference, and rightly so. If you are an ass in life and everyone refuses to help you spread your bad ideas, that's called the consequences of being an ass. And if you think you don't define speech you don't like, then please leave your phone number so I can call you with my 8 hour sales pitch.