Comment by gvfsa
9 hours ago
It’s a strawman because you went for the absolute worst comment. If towns had the power to remove comments from their pages, 99.9% of the time it would be used to remove comments that criticise the local government. I’d rather read the occasional deranged tirade thank you.
Full disclosure: I’m not a lawyer
But I think the person you responded to - “towns can’t delete comments” might be overstating it?
A quick Google search surfaced multiple articles. They all stress that comments can’t be deleted due to their viewpoint, but they can be deleted for other reasons -such as obscenity or violating the platform’s TOS.
The ACLU article seems to have the strictest criteria - stating a comment cannot be deleted unless it is advocating for violence.
I don’t know how this plays out in practice.
- https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/asked-and-answered/can-a...
- https://www.masc.sc/uptown/01-2025/dont-just-delete-comments...
- https://www.aclupa.org/what-first-amendment-means-government...