When business and government are in bed together to silence dissent then yes it is a violation of the 1st amendment.
Under the terms of their establishment certain businesses cannot prohibit dissent (freedom to speak). Private individuals have no authority to prohibit freedom of speech. People misunderstand freedom of speech. John Adams stated that, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." In light of this, it's funny, sad really, that people pull the "freedom of speech" card to justify immorality. Or, when some use the "no political or religious speech here" tactic, they are actually denying legitimate and authorized speech and unwittingly calling for chaos and lawlessness. On Nov 20, 2020, 10:16 PM, at 10:16 PM, "Linda A. Walsh" <sa-u...@tlinx.org> wrote: >One thing to be aware of. There is no 1st Amendment Right associated >with any business entity or private person. The guarantees apply to >US government and whether or not they can censor what you say. > >I would suspect governments use something more advanced than SA that >costs >thousands of times more and in the end, works no better than SA. > >Also, a government employee isn't necessarily required to let you >say anything you want if it wastes their time or they are uninterested. > >Spam wastes everyone's time and resources in dealing with it.
