[EarlKing]

There is a quick and obvious retort to "censorship only applies to the government", and that is that Censorship consists of any act of force or fraud that deprives one of the Freedom of Speech, by whatever means otherwise lawfully exercised. By defining it in terms of force and fraud it doesn't matter whether you're dealing with a state actor or a private actor -- any criminal action taken to silence people is Censorship, including tortious interference, conspiracy against rights, etc.

Another obvious retort is that people saying as such are laboring under the delusion that the Freedom of Speech is a right granted under the First Amendment, rather than being a natural right which the first amendment states is outside the purvue of Congress to regulate... which leads us back to the original retort above.

Ultimately, though, people who make such arguments aren't actually interested in an argument. They're simply making up excuses for their class bias so they can go on oppressing the proletariat without having to just openly state that as a self-identified member of the petit bourgeoisie they align with the interest of the bourgeoisie and don't care what happens to you or I... since openly admitting that wouldn't allow them to go on larping as heroes of the revolution (or however they phrase it in the cosmic gag reel running in their head).