10-17-2021, 06:44 AM
(10-13-2021, 04:58 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Since I'm feeling anti-establishment today I'll point out also that a big difference between malls and parks is ownership. Malls exist for the exclusive benefit of private property owners, who may choose to open the space to (elements of) the public for their own benefit. Parks exist exclusively to benefit the public.
That is an important point. You don't actually have free speech rights in a mall, and we should be concerned about a lack of places where we can express our free speech rights.