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Originally Posted by Og Then I'm curious what you did intend when you flat out stated that we are violating your human rights that you feel are central to the freedoms we enjoy in the US? |
What that statement did was highlight my ignorance of the understanding the First Amendment.
For simplicity sake I am quoting wikipedia, but it emphasizes my thoughts.
"First, there are powerful overlapping arguments for free speech as a basic political principle in any liberal democracy. Second, however, free speech is not a simple and absolute concept but a liberty that is justified by even deeper values. Third, the values implicit in the various justifications for free speech may not apply equally strongly to all kinds of speech in all circumstances."
"Still another explanation is that freedom of speech is integral to tolerance"
"The free speech principle is left with the concern of nothing less than helping to shape "the intellectual character of the society".