So what now?
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So what now?
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You're probably right, and the media is already portraying this as some terrible event.
From what I've seen, not a statue was toppled, a wall defaced, or a paper even shuffled. Locks and windows were destroyed. The windows part is the most damning.
The narrative generally wins, but the way this is being pushed is a pretty big stretch.
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A lot of people miss the point on the 1A. We really aren't talking about freedom of speech here. It's the freedom of the (printing) press that's at issue. Journalists aren't the press. The press is a technology. As such, platforms that allow individuals to publish their words shouldn't need protections beyond the 1A.
That does mean that private corporate censorship is legal, but it should also mean that censorship is entirely unnecessary.
Idealist, to be sure. We've pissed away our rights, and accept them as privilege (thanks, forebearers), but I think it's important to understand where we came from to contextualize where we currently are.