people who have no idea what is in the constitution, claim that
by twitter for example, banning IQ45 is unconstitutional…
they claim that the idea of free speech is protected by the first
amendment of the constitution… in other words, the first amendment
protects free speech on twitter… and it does not…
the first amendment is quite clear as to its limits…
the idea behind the free speech clause is that it prevents
the GOVERNMENT from passing laws that prevents opinions without
censorship, interference and restraint by the government…
it doesn’t say a word about private enterprise…
the government cannot pass any laws limiting free speech, that is true…
but it doesn’t stop private firms like twitter and facebook from limiting
free speech… twitter and facebook can and does do what it wants because
they are private businesses… if they wish to censor anyone they want, it
is clearly allowed… there is no free speech or first amendment rights in
private business…
read the first amendment:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press; or the right of the peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances”
it says nothing, absolutely nothing about private businesses and how they
conduct their business…how twitter and face book conduct their business is
their business… they are in the pursuit of money, which means they are going to
take the route of least resistance to reach their goal of making money…
it isn’t about pleasing or displeasing a certain group of people, in the business world…
they have an expressed goal which is in the mission statement that
every business in the world has, in which making money/profits is listed within
the first 3 lines of every single business mission statement in the world…
I could be banned from twitter, (which I don’t do) and I could be banned
from face book (which I do) and there isn’t any sort of recourse I have in
regards to the first amendment because my banning has nothing to do
with the first amendment… only in terms of the government banning free speech
does free speech have any sort of recourse… the courts have over the last 200 years
have time and time again, expressly allowed free speech against any type of
government laws banning or limiting free speech…
but a business can and does ban for whatever reason they deem as
necessary because there are no laws that control their banning or limiting
“free speech”…
if you have doubts, trying reading the constitution…it might actually
educate you… to a great many things…
Kropotkin