This had caused many to claim the death of free speech, despite these bans being enacted by non-public entities. It's apparently fine for business owners to not sell wedding cakes to gays, but not ok to prevent a user from slandering people.
1A does have exceptions. If you yell "fire" in a crowded theater and someone is trampled, 1A will not protect you. Same for libel. It's also against the ToS of pretty much every platform on the internet (including the forums at Infowars, btw).
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You're right though, there is difference: denying a service to a person based on a characteristic that person was born with is unconstitutional, because people have no control over how they were born. The things you say however, (unless you have tourettes) you choose to say.
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Alex Jones -chose- to call the shooting at Sandy Hook a hoax, and if he actually has evidence that it was, why is he not taking it to court? Same with Mueller being pedophile. And a host of other accusations he has made against people with differing political beliefs.
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