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by drak0n1c 2183 days ago
Likewise, citizens are free to criticize the actions of private corporations - whether they are criticizing Verizon or Facebook.

Say an environmentalist criticizes the practices of an oil company, and the overwhelming majority of rebuttals consist of saying that the oil company is acting perfectly legally and within its prerogatives. That would be a straw-man misdirection - no one is arguing that point.