That’s my take on this.. it backs up Twitter banning people if they desire.
Though the first sentence is pretty false. It does not only mean they government cannot arrest you for what you say. It also means the government cannot silence you for what you say.
And the government CAN arrest you for what you say. If some idiot tries to prank his school with a false bomb threat, don't be crying "muh first amendment" when the cops come knocking at his door.
That is the odd point of it. You can get arrested for death threats against certain people too... maybe when they do that they are going against the constitution and shouldn’t even though it makes sense to make arrests in those cases? Not sure... something to think about, I guess
It's not an "odd point", 1A in principle is the right of the people to question, criticize, and ridicule. It really ought to be called something other than "Free speech" because there's no such thing in the absolutist sense. If you get caught conspiring to murder someone then you're not getting off the hook because it's 1A and you hadn't gone to physically commit the crime yet.
The right to question, criticize, and ridicule is what has been removed has been effectively abrogated, Dorsey has no right to remove people for their views if they're legal whilst also being exempt from publisher status.
Are you defending Jack Dorsey?
That’s my take on this.. it backs up Twitter banning people if they desire.
Though the first sentence is pretty false. It does not only mean they government cannot arrest you for what you say. It also means the government cannot silence you for what you say.
And the government CAN arrest you for what you say. If some idiot tries to prank his school with a false bomb threat, don't be crying "muh first amendment" when the cops come knocking at his door.
That is the odd point of it. You can get arrested for death threats against certain people too... maybe when they do that they are going against the constitution and shouldn’t even though it makes sense to make arrests in those cases? Not sure... something to think about, I guess
It's not an "odd point", 1A in principle is the right of the people to question, criticize, and ridicule. It really ought to be called something other than "Free speech" because there's no such thing in the absolutist sense. If you get caught conspiring to murder someone then you're not getting off the hook because it's 1A and you hadn't gone to physically commit the crime yet.
The right to question, criticize, and ridicule is what has been removed has been effectively abrogated, Dorsey has no right to remove people for their views if they're legal whilst also being exempt from publisher status.