I Disapprove of What You Say but I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It

Re:I Disapprove of What You Say but I Will Defend to the Dea... by drewbeck on Sunday February 26, 2023 @04:36PM (#34949751)

> However, we have freedom of association, and a business may not want to associate with someone who has opinions counter to their own.

I think this part is why there’s so much angst about this these days: businesses have captured a huge part of our commons and our support systems, pieces that might have been (or could be) the purview of government at other times. If we’re all paying dues to BigCorp in order to live, is it fair to say “businesses can choose to not associate with whomever they want”?

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Re:I Disapprove of What You Say but I Will Defend to the Dea... by livueta on Sunday February 26, 2023 @05:03PM (#34950004)

This line of thought always reminds me of Marsh v. Alabama: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_v._Alabama

> a state trespassing statute could not be used to prevent the distribution of religious materials on a town's sidewalk even though the sidewalk was part of a privately-owned company town

Are we at that point of broad-spectrum BigCo dominance yet? I'd say probably not, but sometimes it just seems like a matter of time.

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