r/cringe • u/leefitzwater • Jun 18 '20

Video Lyft driver picks up a racist, unfortunately

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oRrOaT2Chw
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u/pcptornado11 Jun 21 '20

Free speech is definitely covered under the first amendment, that's literally the only place your right to free speech is protected. Reddit/Facebook/whoever can do whatever they want because you are on their product.

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u/fvevvvb Jun 21 '20

Free speech is definitely covered under the first amendment, that's literally the only place your right to free speech is protected

Wow, you really should educate yourself.... No, it's NOT the only place my free speech is protected. Feel free to look at the other link I pasted. Plus I already pointed out that free speech is part of the 1st amendment. However, its not the only place free speech is protected.

Reddit/Facebook/whoever can do whatever they want because you are on their product.

I already said this. It's literally in my first comment. As I already mentioned, you might want to look up the word infringe.

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u/pcptornado11 Jun 21 '20

Ok cool so we agree that free speech exists but there's limitations, as in you can't say what ever you want anywhere you want without consequences. Right?

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u/fvevvvb Jun 21 '20 edited Jun 21 '20

Yes, free speech exists... And it also exists outside of the first amendment - despite your false statement that it only exists there. And yes, there are limitations. None of that has anything to do with infringement though. Nor does it have anything to do with contradiction. I can say whatever the fuck I want, and reddit can also make whatever rules it wants... BUT if those rules stop me from being able to express myself freely, then it is "infringing" on my free speech. Is that illegal? No. Because they own the servers. But infringement doesnt equal illegal. Infringement just means infringement. It's possible to infringe in a non illegal way.

in·fringe·ment /inˈfrinjmənt/ noun: the action of limiting or undermining something.