“freedom of speech is not freedom from consequence”
Sic Semper Tyrannis
You could replace the picture and name with that of another tinpot dictator like Trump, and it would still fit.
Well we can all be thankful we weren’t born in Africa
Freedom of speech does not mean the Freedom to be heard.
It kinda does. Otherwise, what you’re advocating is State Censorship.
The 1st Amendment, as written, isn’t just the right to speak but to publish and proselytize and (critically) assemble. You do not merely have the right to speak, but the right to be heard. You cannot be kept out of public spaces because of your personal opinions or expressed beliefs. You cannot be denied peers to hear you on the grounds that too many people with the same opinion constitute a hazard. And you cannot be squelched strictly on the grounds of an ideological dispute.
Obviously, this is the letter of the law and not the spirit of it. When written, the provision didn’t extend to women or children or enslaved people or native people or Jews and Catholics. But over time, populations updated the enforcement and expanded provisions, such that it did include all of the above so long as you weren’t saying anything to mark you out as an Enemy of the State.
shrug We have a set of beliefs and we have a set of actual policies. The gulf between is the contradiction that modern imperialism creates.
The difference is that you have the right get up on the soap box, but you are not guaranteed an audience once you get there. The Freedom of speech only says that you can’t be denied your own life for what you say, not that you are entitled to people to agree with you.
you are not guaranteed an audience once you get there
If the police can arrest someone for being in the audience, your freedom of speech is functionally repressed
This should be more shitpost-y. Have you tried a deep-fried filter and some mlg images?
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