i just got a three-day ban from reddit just because i posted how i feel about elon musk.
i did submit an appeal and expect a response from them, but i think they forgot that there’s this thing called the first amendment to the constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
as such, i’ll be exercising my first amendment rights here on hexbear during my three-day ban.
thank you.
I apologize for being that guy, but you’ll notice that the 1A begins "Congress shall make no law . . . " It nominally just protects you from the government punishing you for speech, it doesn’t really say anything about open forums, though of course some people have made the argument that it should and we shouldn’t be getting our values from the dictums of slavers regardless. The 1A also gets frequently violated, but that’s from ICE kidnapping protestors and that sort of thing, though they are laying groundwork to do a lot more, too.
Anyway, welcome. We’re glad to have you here, myself included.