Oh god. You really think that hasn't occurred to me?
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Replying to @PhilosophyExp @Humanisticus
...I reiterated Peter's point about not being platformed on private property...something that you called "entirely wrong"
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Replying to @PhilosophyExp @Humanisticus
Then let me use your twitter account.
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Replying to @MattyPGood @Humanisticus
If my twitter account was the only way people could do things with words, then my not letting you use it would be a free speech issue.
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Replying to @PhilosophyExp @Humanisticus
If that's your basis for comparison, then the google search results example you brought up isn't either, because there's always Bing
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Replying to @MattyPGood @Humanisticus
Okay, so if they were banned by all private companies dealing in search. No free speech issues?
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Replying to @PhilosophyExp @Humanisticus
Let's flip this around. Would you compel all search engines to display terrorist recruitment, bomb-making instructions, or child pornography
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Replying to @MattyPGood @Humanisticus
No, let's not flip it around. I think I've demonstrated why the actions of private companies can have free speech issues. That's all.
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Replying to @PhilosophyExp @Humanisticus
...but you're treating all free speech issues as the same, which they're not. That's almost objectively true.
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No, I'm not. I'm merely claiming that it's sophomoric to claim that the actions of a private company never has free speech implications.
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