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terrywilcox
Having a publisher decline to publish your unsolicited article isn't censorship. It's business.

Why do people not understand that their right to free speech does not obligate (oblige?) others to give them a soap box or even listen?

petercooper
Indeed, it's someone else's right to free speech that allows them to dictate what speech occurs within their jurisdiction.
wilmo
Yeah, I had to stop reading after "But we have to let all voices be heard. The right to free speech is protected by The First Amendment of the United States Constitution."

Nothing in the first amendment says you are guaranteed an audience, government or not. If you can't make that simple distinction maybe you're not getting picked up and published because you're just writing drivel.

Hnrobert42
Censored. You keep using that word. I'm not sure it means what you think it means.
vorotato
In what universe is 180 retweets "viral"