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Re:A Heretic's Guide to Deplatforming by PeterisP on Saturday November 03, 2018 @06:54AM (#18369616)
Well, but they can use the internet. It's just that people who don't want to hear them (which is most people) won't hear them using the internet, and that is okay and not a restriction of free speech. They can communicate freely with people who care about their viewpoints over the internet, with people who want to communicate with them, but not on the platforms whose subscribers don't want to communicate with such people.

The right to free speech doesn't include the right to force your speech on people who don't want to listen to you.

Re:A Heretic's Guide to Deplatforming by ryukafalz on Saturday November 03, 2018 @09:09AM (#18370009)
Were we still talking about platforms like Facebook or Twitter, I would agree with you. But I think it's a bit different now that platforms like Gab are themselves getting deplatformed, because those are the places these people would go to communicate with people who share their viewpoints.

I have no desire to listen to that speech, so I just don't visit Gab. It's not like I've ever been forced to.