> You have no understanding of the first amendment. It applies, of course, only to the government's response to speech.

Darn it, I thought we were going to get all the way through this discussion without someone wheeling out that old nag.

Once again: Attempting to ban people from unrelated fora based on their political views is not against the letter of the First Amendment to do this. But attempting to ban people from unrelated fora based on their political views is quite certainly against the spirit of the First Amendment.