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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Owle, post: 3227411, member: 22004&quot;]The First Amendment was originally mainly centered on religious freedom:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;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.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a>&quot; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously private companies can create forums and other entities that they have jurisdiction over, most of them post reasonable rules; however when they arbitrarily delete content by members over a long period of time questions arise over why now?&nbsp; Rarely does a member suddenly become like an attack dog, untamed and unreasonable.&nbsp; If moderators arbitrarily censor members and content there is the question as to whether the moderators are themselves competent and following reasonable intelligent advice.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Slander&quot; is malicious and false accusations; &quot;libel&quot; or &quot;defamation&quot; is malicious though usually honest criticism.&nbsp; If the target has a history of of ripping people off then people usually don&#039;t defend them especially if they have a criminal history.&nbsp; So this slam that posters were engaging in slanderous or defamatory rhetoric would need to be hashed out on a case by case basis; you can&#039;t just say that someone was doing this without backing it up with debate allowed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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