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by meatsauce 1495 days ago
Damn, we might have to deal with opinions we don't like. Whatever will we do?
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How about we start with not allowing states to blatantly ignore the First Amendment?
What if I told you that SCOTUS has previously acknowledged that corporate (negative) speech deserves less protection than citizen (positive) political speech?

This is why state governments can require that companies put warning labels or nutritional information on their products, which would otherwise be considered compelled speech.

A manufacturer can choose what types of products it won't manufacture. Why can't a publisher choose the types of work it won't publish?
Because the publisher is choosing to publish based on the identity or opinions of the customer.

To give another controversial example, there's a difference between a manufacturer choosing not to produce customized cakes, and a manufacturer choosing not to produce cakes customized for interracial couples.

By negative do you mean the freedom to not say things? Aren’t tax returns and 10-Qs compelled speech too?