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It does not, because there's no 1A issue as the first amendment does not grant you any protections from your employer.

I was clearly referring to the greater issue with regards to Google's general power in our culture and what the attitude within Google which was revealed in this event might mean. Not only did you state that you did not want to have that discussion, but then you just tried to shove words in my mouth as if I were trying to have your different discussion and advocating an unsupportable point.

Privates entities aren't required to provide you a soapbox.

Private entities shouldn't be allowed to knock down everyone else's soapbox, which is precisely what Google's market power allows them to more or less do.



Then aren't you confusing your argument (and your readers) by referring to the First Amendment, which has literally no bearing on this situation?




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