Originally Posted by Brutal
It's been a while since this happened and the details are fuzzy


The actual details of the case aren't very important for this argument, because 1) the company's stated reasons for firing their lead editor over this were that he did not use the normal editorial process, and they believe the piece wouldn't have been published if he had, 2) that stated reasoning is not important with respect to the argument that the action had the effect of chilling speech. In this context, I have been essentially arguing the merits of a hypothetical medium-low circulation publisher explicitly banning a political opinion from their circulation.


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