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In light of Kevin Williamson's firing, let's talk about the right’s false cries of "free speech" suppression. If a private company chooses to fire someone who holds violent, misogynistic views or deletes bigoted troll accounts, that’s not violating your right to be an asshole.

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That’s a private company exercising their right to tell you to get lost You still have the right to be a bigoted right-wing asshole but you are not entitled to have a platform A private company, whether it’s a news org or tech, doesn’t owe you anything

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Ahmed Baba

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Apr 5, 2018

In light of Kevin Williamson's firing, let's talk about the right’s false cries of "free speech" suppression. If a private company chooses to fire someone who holds violent, misogynistic views or deletes bigoted troll accounts, that’s not violating your right to be an asshole.

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8:23 PM · Apr 5, 2018

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Sadly, there are other conservative platforms that can hire Williamson. #TruthMatters #FirstAmendment

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They sure love "at will employment" until it bites them in the ass.

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I’m assuming your are choking on these words now.

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How's this tweet aging for you right now?

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So well put!

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Any thoughts on this Ahmed?

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100% of the time, these people have a tweet that is the absolute hard opposite of whatever they are currently tweeting. Always.

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Dis U?

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