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Free speech is about it being free from the government (congress shall pass no law), not about me or AWS or Twitter being forced to listen to you, or to repeat what you say.

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Yes, that is true. Why do you people keep saying that? You're 100% legally correct. There's something else that people have and they're called morals and ethics. I, and many others, share that it is moral and ethical for someone to be able to say their repugnant mouth breathing garage however they choose. Then I get to decide if I want to interact with that person. Not some supposedly open to the PUBLIC service.

They're not open to the public though, they're open to a base of people who play by their terms and conditions.

That is not free speech but the 1st amendment to the US constitution. Obviously related but not the same thing.

>That is not free speech but the 1st amendment to the US constitution. Obviously related but not the same thing.

Your right to free speech does not oblige private corporations to provide you a platform to speak it.

Yes it does. Rights without the means to exercise them are worthless.

>Yes it does. Rights without the means to exercise them are worthless.

A corporation refusing to repeat your words does not deprive you of the ability to speak freely.

Free speech is about communication, not creating soundwaves no one can hear.

> Free speech is about communication, not creating soundwaves no one can hear.

So go shout your message in Town Square?

That's illegal from lockdowns right now.

And even if it wasn't taking "no one" literally is not constructive.

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