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je ne suis pas charlie

Started by Adam Wrong, September 15, 2015, 03:40:37 PM

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¿PapaPancho?

Quote from: Judge on September 18, 2015, 06:38:40 AM
To clarify this, it means the government can't throw you in prison or censor your webpage.  It doesn't mean that someone can't sue you for what you said.  All of Freedom of speech means is that the government can't stop you from saying what you want.  It's purely a public thing.

Freedom of speech doesn't extend to a private entity, however.  If you said that at work, your employer could fire you and you could not claim freedom of speech.  Also, it doesn't extend to a private message board.  If you said something I didn't like, I could ban you and there's no freedom of speech claim there as well.

All very true.