26th May 2004, 2:40 PM
The Constitution does not say other people can't drown you out. It merely states that you are immune from government retaliation.
Take this example.
Let's say hypthetically that I got so fed up with your opinions that I started deleting your posts, or I banned you. Would I be repressing your free speech? Yes, but this board is mine and I have the right to do so, and nothing in the Constitution of the United States denies me that right. However, there would be nothing to stop you from making a website of your own and preaching your views at large. There is nothing I could do about that.
That is how free speech works.
Take this example.
Let's say hypthetically that I got so fed up with your opinions that I started deleting your posts, or I banned you. Would I be repressing your free speech? Yes, but this board is mine and I have the right to do so, and nothing in the Constitution of the United States denies me that right. However, there would be nothing to stop you from making a website of your own and preaching your views at large. There is nothing I could do about that.
That is how free speech works.
YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER
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