Jonah Goldberg: Parler’s lawsuit against Amazon is destined to fail

I have never been a free speech absolutist. I am, however, somewhat closer to being a First Amendment absolutist.

Many free speech absolutists don’t like this distinction because they think the First Amendment should guarantee the ability to express yourself in virtually any manner you like, in any setting. But that’s simply not what it says. The First Amendment, like the rest of the Bill of Rights, constrains what the federal government can do. That’s why it says,