[ebspelman]

> We now live in a society where it is acceptable for private companies to essentially completely ban individuals from exercising their free speech on the internet.

This is phrased as something to be fearful of here, but I think I'm actually fine with this precedent.

There's nothing to stop people with extreme right-wing ideologies from marshaling the resources required to stand up all the pieces of web infrastructure they find themselves blocked from. If they can't amass those resources, that's ultimately a market decision, no?

And if they were able to stand up that infrastructure, it would indicate a high level of financial support for their agenda, which would be the real thing to be afraid of, in my own opinion.

[stale2002]

Are you going to be saying the same thing when Elisabeth Warren's or Bernie Sander's webites/ads/donations methods get taken off the internet because big corporations don't like that they want to raise taxes?

The purpose of the canary in the coal mine is not to protect the canary. It is to protect the miner from the encroaching danger.

[ebspelman]

Hmm. I'd say the canary is in the Wal-Mart.