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[–]thoughter_ 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

(This comment is 24 days ago but I just got here so forgive the month-later reply) I support free speech but reddit has the right to ban anyone it likes in the same way any restaurant has the right to refuse service. I think it's a completely immoral, dick-ish, manipulating, straight-up evil thing to do - and completely ruins any goodwill I had for reddit - but the fact remains that we can't DO anything to reddit because they have the right to censor anybody they disagree with.

Reddit is not a public utility, and censoring someone, however immoral, is not illegal. Moving against reddit by "contacting state reps to do something about it" is advocating for the government to meddle with and to tell someone what to do with what they own (no matter how virtual that may be). Now, if you disagree with me and you agree that the government should do that, that's okay, but if you agree with the point that the government doesn't have the right to tell you what to do with what you own, then your argument should be wrong.