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No court in the land will agree with your interpretation. The first amendment protects speech, but it doesn't grant you the right to publish that speech wherever you want. If it did then Facebook couldn't ban people from its platform, for example.



The first amendment enjoins the government from actions. Private companies are welcome to ban or regulate their own venues as they see fit.




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