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Old Mar 24, 2015, 2:55 pm
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Originally Posted by betsifur
Freedom of speech means that the government cannot restrict your speech. It doesn't mean a private airline has to allow you on the play wearing a shirt with an obscene word on it.

.. posted to slow, someone else already pointed this out.
Twice, in fact (but, it is definitely something worth repeating since it does confuse so many people!):

Originally Posted by FindAWay
WN is a private actor in a nonpublic forum - they can certain ask the guy to turn his shirt inside-out/put a jacket on, which he refused. The guy seems like an over-entitled prick considering his own video contradicts his description of events.
Originally Posted by trouble747
You don't even get there. WN is not the government. It doesn't owe anyone "freedom of speech." The First Amendment protects against government intrusions into speech, not private entities.
Whether the requested restriction by WN was a reasonable Time, Place, & Manner prohibition/restriction (I think it would be) is moot as WN is a private actor.
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