Yeah , how dare they peacefully organize in order to express an opinion that goes against the prevailing opinion of corporate interests . Best disperse them as they present a threat to our democratic stability . <| sep |> While I don ' t disagree with your central point the recently graduated law student in me wants to point out the difference . Although first let me say I fully agree the actions taken by Spez certainly warrant investigation for potential legal consequence , under libel and identity theft statutes at a minimum and also the issues it throws up with safe harbour protections for online content providers . Denying service to a customer for innate traits is significantly qualitatively different than changing interatction with a user based on their actions . This would not be analogous to a baker denying cakes to a gay couple , but a more a dominoes pizza writing Fuck KFC on the box when customers ordered with a request for Fuck Dominoes to be written . Spez only edited comments with specific content . He didn ' t change any of the core message except the target of the , for want of a better word , abuse . The analogy to the gay couple denied cakes would be if Spez had permabanned the ips of anyone who had posted pro republicanpro trump content anywhere on the site .