William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: .
Guess the irc channel is a dictatorship, with little room for freedom of speech and choice.
oh, you went there. US constitutional protections only apply to regulating Gov't limitations of free speech. Nowhere does the Constitution regulate how a irc channel run by a private entity or individual. Therefore those things run by said entities can be regulated as the entities see fit. Don't like it? Move elsewhere..that is the extent of your rights and theirs.