“We shut down Richard Spencer's Altright website.”

Re:“We shut down Richard Spencer's Altright website.” by orf on Thursday May 03, 2018 @08:04PM (#16991102)

They should go find a web host that is supportive of their message. Freedom of speech does not mean every platform has to give you a soap box, quite the opposite.

All in all its got nothing to do with freedom of speech.

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Re:“We shut down Richard Spencer's Altright website.” by zzzcpan on Thursday May 03, 2018 @08:10PM (#16991133)

It has everything to do with the freedom of speech, it's the opposite of it, it's called self-censorship.

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Re:“We shut down Richard Spencer's Altright website.” by travmatt on Thursday May 03, 2018 @08:35PM (#16991254)

You’re proposing that my having the freedom to not be forced to spread another persons message is actually me being censored?

That seems like a pretty convoluted way to say “I want to force this company to continue hosting this site despite their objections”.

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Re:“We shut down Richard Spencer's Altright website.” by orf on Thursday May 03, 2018 @08:15PM (#16991157)

So freedom of speech gives you the right to write a racist letter to any and every newspaper and demand that it is published.

Ok. Good luck with that.

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Re:“We shut down Richard Spencer's Altright website.” by mkempe on Thursday May 03, 2018 @10:39PM (#16991825)

How about a bakery that refuses to bake or sell a wedding cake to a gay couple -- will you tell the rejected customers to go find a bakery supportive of their message?

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