bripat9643
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- Apr 1, 2011
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True. That's why we have this thing called "defamation" which you can be sued for. However, the First Amendment protects the right of anyone who wants to promote opinions or facts that you don't like (hate) to do so.Fucking moron, free speech does not extend to private businesses.Facebook called Loomer a "dangerous person." That's why they're being sued. Not because they banned her.Loomer also has a right to sue them for defamation when Facebook uses it's arbitrary definition of "hate."Of course there is. Hate speech is as simple as expressing hatred towards a specific group. It's not a legal term and does not present any legal consequences unless it becomes a verbal threat, but it is a thing and Facebook has a right to prohibit it on their website.theres no such thing as hate speech,,,
No she doesn't. Legally, Loomer doesn't have a leg to stand on here. Facebook can make any sort of artbitrary decision they like to ban a person, and they don't have to justify their reasons. It's a private company. They can't ban her on race, religion or nation of origin, but that's about it. The usual "public accommodations" stuff.
Look at it this way. You invite someone to your home for a dinner party. The guests are a diverse group, but one of your guests comes in, and starts calling people racists names, acting like a total asshole, insulting and offending your other guests, and arguments are breaking out.
Are you going to stand there and say "She is just expressing her opinions as is her right under the Constitution", or are you going to say "You can't talk like that to my other guests. Stop it right now or you'll have to leave".
The right to "free speech" in America is not a carte blanche to promote hate and bigotry. The right to "free speech" is extremely limited: You cannot be arrested or prosecuted for criticizing the government. That's it. You cannot enter a private business and start shouting that you hate brown people. They'll throw you out and rightfully so.
Actually, free speech is carte blanche to promote what you call "hate." You should shut the fuck up when it comes to American law, because you don't know what the hell you're talking about.