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The First Amendment is about that. The principle is broader. We don't all accept restrictions on it.

Not quite as simple as you make it out to be.

Why should I let you scream "fuck you" over and over again in my coffee shop?

Yeah yeah, maybe social networks are the new town square blah blah. My point is that the line isn't so black and white.

It's simpler than I made it out to be, which is why it's hated. The distinction between the law and the principle doesn't mean you can't make your own rules on your own property. In fact, they support that.

So, by law and in principle, Facebook/Twitter may set their rules on their own property? Right?

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