So-called conservatives are complaining about social media "censorship". They are acting like Marxists, worse than the whiny social justice warriors they complain about incessantly. What do they propose to do about this huge problem? Class action lawsuits? Government takeover of private property?
A lawsuit would get dismissed for two reasons. First, social media accounts are set up under terms of use agreements that contain arbitration clauses. Second, in the event there was a court that would ignore Federal law and refuse to enforce binding arbitration, there is no plaintiff with standing to bring a suit under Article III of the Constitution because there are no damages. YouTube won't publish your rant video? How much did you pay for the right to post whatever you please? Oh…nothing? Well, here's your money back, with interest. Go home, Karen.
You would deny the property owner the right to tear down your posters from their fence, or paint over your graffiti? You demand YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to allow you to do whatever you want using their facilities that you don't pay for? If you are demanding the right to use someone else's private property like it was public property, you're a goddamn communist. If you don't like YouTube controlling the bandwidth it pays for, you need to pay for your own. If the Government shuts down free speech, that's unconstitutional censorship. If a private company enforces terms of use you agreed to when you set up an account on their platform, that's capitalism. You're free to speak from the public square and publish your rants in a newspaper or magazine you print at your own expense, but you can't commandeer private property for your purposes. Grow up and stop like acting like the frickin' Marxists you claim to oppose.
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