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Old 04-14-12, 07:47 AM   #26
Platapus
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Lemme ask this.

When Neal bans someone from his website, is that an infringement on that person's First Amendment rights? Is Neal breaking constitutional law?

Of course not.

This is a privately owned website and Neal can ban anyone he chooses for no reason than he chooses to do so. I have no First Amendment rights on a privately owned website.

Why would this be any different than being fired from a private company?

Now, depending on the law, there may be isolated circumstances where people are protected from being fired for saying stuff. But that protection comes from another law/regulation and not from the First Amendment.
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