[Hoot Gibson]

I am all for people being able to say whatever they want, but I don't know what good forums like this Parlor ( I had never heard of it until a few days ago)do for the country. Lin Wood stated on that platform that the siege of the capitol was "staged" by Antifa.  He also said that Chief Justice John Roberts, Mitch McConnell, and Mike Pence should all be arrested for treason and" face execution by firing squad."  If that's the kind of sentiments that are shared on there, it's probably best it has gone dark.  I wouldn't trust anyone who spends time on a forum like that. Those people need some introspection. Dangerous people.

No, the response to speech that you find offensive is not for it to "go dark." You really do not understand the First Amendment at all. That makes you and those who share your desire to silence voices with which you disagree dangerous.

The reason that Big Tech companies were granted protection under Section 230 is because the federal government bought their argument that they are the electronic version of the town square. By granting people an electronic platform to freely express opinions, the federal government decided to afford Big Tech companies protection from lawsuits that might otherwise saddle them with expensive judgments for providing the platform. Big Tech has abused that protection by targeting conservative users of their services for political purposes.

Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms have long tolerated gangs using their services to organize and manage violent riots and flash mobs. Conspiring to commit crimes is obviously not protected speech but there has been, as far as I can tell, no outcry from the left to ban users who have participated in actual crimes from using Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc. Yet, the President of the United States and many well known conservatives who have committed no crimes have recently been suspended or banned from the services in large numbers.

Democrat Representative Adam Schiff is probably the most prolific liar in elected office of my lifetime. Despite my opinion that Schiff is a low-life POS, I would not advocate that he "go dark" by banning him from social media, putting him on a no flight list, and all the other petty things that Democrats are trying to impose on conservatives for legally questioning the results of an election.