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It's unethical if you believe that people should be free in expressing their opinions. (Yes, I know that freedom of speech in the US constitution concerns the government and not companies, but I'm talking about freedom of speech as a general value. I find it unethical to suppress someone's ability to freely voice their opinions regardless of whether the government or a private entity does it.)


> It's unethical if you believe that people should be free in expressing their opinions.

No it's not, because free speech does not equal the right to be heard.

> I find it unethical to suppress someone's ability to freely voice their opinions

Can you really not come up with a single example of when you feel a group, entity, corporation, whatever has any right to remove a person from their platform or premise because of what they are saying? Really? This is "unethical", categorically?


You have a right to free speech, agreed as a general value, but you don't have a right to my megaphone.




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