I assume it would be obvious, but perhaps I'm mistaken.
Free speech in the USA is (supposed) to mean the freedom to do political speech without state ramifications (I'm not sure how well this constitutionally works for private companies). This obviously doesn't count credible threats, telling people to riot or be violent, etc.
Basically you have a right to offend people short of targeted harassment.
*This is obviously an oversimplification but I'm giving the HN the benefit of the doubt here, however misguided that may be.
> Free speech in the USA is (supposed) to mean the freedom to do political speech without state ramifications
I hear this a lot, and it's not actually true. That's what the first amendment means. The first amendment protects freedom of speech, but it does not define the concept of free speech as a whole, it just protects a form of it.
It annoys me when people assert that being silenced by a private entity doesn't actually limit freedom of speech, because they argue that the freedom isn't being restricted unless a government is doing it. I'm not necessarily for unrestricted free speech (because it often ends up being loud and obnoxious, and often silences other speech when it becomes a shouting contest, especially on the internet), but this very specific interpretation that the US Constitution's first amendment actually defines free speech has always bugged me as something logically unsound.
Free speech in the USA is (supposed) to mean the freedom to do political speech without state ramifications (I'm not sure how well this constitutionally works for private companies). This obviously doesn't count credible threats, telling people to riot or be violent, etc.
Basically you have a right to offend people short of targeted harassment.
*This is obviously an oversimplification but I'm giving the HN the benefit of the doubt here, however misguided that may be.