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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by leephillips on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:36PM (#26730878)
This was never true. Anyone could stand on the street corner and say anything. Anyone with some spare cash could print up political booklets or flyers and hand them out, and many did.
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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by paxys on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:41PM (#26730939)
And you can't do that today?
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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by ttt0 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:28PM (#26731608)
You can't. Lockdowns.
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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by CyberDildonics on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @10:58PM (#26734620)
To be clear, because sports aren't open in most places and a video game streaming website changed their terms of service, there is no longer free speech?

Can you help make sense of your comment, because it seems to be closer to a cult chant than a connected chain of thoughts.

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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by leephillips on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:45PM (#26730997)
You lost me.
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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by sudosysgen on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:33PM (#26733019)
That's a coherent issue if you think that free speech is a purely negative right, which is the traditional liberal position.

However, if you admit this, then you must also admit that Twitch is fully within their rights.

Personally, I believe that the positive right to free speech (subject to exceptions, of course) is much more important, and not up to FAANG to decide.

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