A House Republican on Friday defended his right to block people on Facebook in a post that called the page “my property, period.”

Rep. Paul Gosar Paul Anthony GosarPelosi must go — the House is in dire need of new leadership LWCF modernization: Restoring the promise Trump tweets his people have all left Drudge MORE (R-Ariz.) in the post said he blocks users “who do not promote healthy, civil dialogue” on the page, and that blocking people does not violate their individual rights.

It is not clear whether he was responded to specific complaints. Gosar's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.

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The congressman also challenged users who “think that members of Congress should not take your hostile, crass, and inappropriate rhetoric as a threat” to speak with the family of Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), who was recently shot by a gunman who made numerous threatening statements toward government figures on his own Facebook page.

“If you think a block on Facebook is infringing upon your constitutional right to petition the government, you are sorely mistaken,” Gosar said, and encouraged constituents to send any complaints in writing to his office.

“If you really desire to get in touch with me, quit spewing hateful comments on photos of me with constituents and loved ones,” he added.

Gosar cited the disclaimer in his page’s “About Me” section that says he and his staff have the right to block anyone who “spams” the page. He said people lose the right to voice concern on the page “the moment you become disrespectful to me or my staff with crude language or distasteful discourse.”

“Because, quite frankly, we don’t care if a Facebook ‘block’ offends you,” he concluded.