Matt Ion wrote:
> Gregory Weston wrote:
> 
>>> Well said, but I just have one question;  once the bigots are
>>> identified and removed, how is that not stifling their speech (it is
>>> at least removing their platform)?
>>
>> It is removing the platform, but that's distinctly not the same thing 
>> as stifling speech. The right to free speech guarantees that you can 
>> say (pretty much) anything you like. It doesn't promise a podium or an 
>> audience, though.
> 
> Precisely right.
> 
> Those who disagree with censorship will say, "if you don't like it,
> don't watch/listen to/read it."  However when the platform is provided
> by a commercial venture, if enough people follow that advice, the
> platform will fail anyway.  So the owners and backers of that platform
> have the right to decide whether to continue to provide said platform.
> 
> It's up to "the voice" in question to find a new platform... or build
> his own, on his own money.
> 

Websites are cheap to buy.  You can charge for web radio although
getting people to pay is harder.

Andrew Swallow
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