A public service announcement about the First Amendment

[Gothmog]

[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[Just_Vote_Dem]

2. K&R

[snowybirdie]

3. K&R

[paleotn]

4. Yep. Simple, straight forward, easy to understand....

Two problems with this for righties though. They conflate privilege with freedom of speech in that their speech, since they're usually white and male, is of far greater import than anyone else's. Secondly, they don't really believe in the idea of free speech anyway. They believe we should all be forced to listen to their crazed ramblings, while being forced to remain silent. Simply put, they're fascists hiding behind a Bill of Rights they actually despise.

[TigressDem]

7. Well, yeah, that ONLY they have the right to free speech. The REST of US have a right to LISTEN. nt

[TigressDem]

5. Say what you gotta say, but be strong enough to deal with the feedback and consequences. K&R nt

[rateyes]

6. There are certain things you can say that can

get you arrested.

[TigressDem]

8. Also true. nt

[turbinetree]

9. Kick +1

great cartoon

[flamin lib]

10. I am bookmarking this to use as a reply when someone goes on ignore!

[CaptainTruth]

11. If you're on Twitter, the First Amendment has an account

@USConst_Amend_I

[link:

Link to tweet

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[Gothmog]

19. Thank you for letting me know about this twitter account

I enjoyed reading some of the posts on this account

[spooky3]

30. +1

[mountain grammy]

12. K & R and thank you.

[DarleenMB]

13. Thank you!

I'm so tired of having to school these uneducated twits. Now I'll just post THIS instead. whew.

[rurallib]

14. That cartoon will come in so handy. Thanks

[NHvet]

15. KICK

[treestar]

16. It's funny that there are so many Americans

who think Freedom of Speech means no one can oppose you once you've said something.

[reACTIONary]

21. And it's strange that they don't feel...

... that the same restriction applies to them opposing others.

[niyad]

17. I keep having to explain this to people. Yes, you have freedom of speech to spout errant

nonsense. I have freedom of speech to point out that you are an idiot.

[Dukkha]

18. To paraphrase Isaac Asimov

The right's warped idea of so-called "free speech" is nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge".

The first amendment does NOT apply to the Internet because cyberspace it is a global entity that cannot be regulated by any one nation's laws and can easily be circumvented in one form or another by an individual. This is especially true for the dark web.

[housecat]

24. but private companies can regulate.

[Dukkha]

34. yes they can and should

but its all beyond the reach of governments

[sarchasm]

20. KnR

succinct rocks! ...but unfortunately, 99% of those insurrectionists wouldn't know the difference between the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.

[reACTIONary]

22. They also have no clue about...

... either taken individually.

[housecat]

23. If home-grown terrorists got the Second wrong, it's no surprise they missed the First

[wendyb-NC]

25. Well stated, and true.

Thank you, for posting that, Gothmog.

[gademocrat7]

26. K&R!

[liberalla]

27. Excellent explanation for those having difficulty grasping such a complex concept... :snarkcasm:

[Demsrule86]

28. Kick...I should send it to whining Hawley who lost his book deal,

[whttevrr]

29. Please consider giving credit to the original creator

https://xkcd.com/1357/

It only took a couple minutes to find this link. Give credit where credit is due.

[scarletwoman]

32. Thank you so much! Seeing things posted without correct attribution irritates me no end.

As far as I'm concerned, it's theft. We all really ought to be better than that.

[whttevrr]

33. What's so appalling is the image address.

http:/ /imgs.xkcd.com/ comics/ free_speech.png

It was directly lifted from the original page without attribution.

[BobTheSubgenius]

31. The most widely-held misconception, not just about the Constitution, but about US federal law.

I'm sure we've all seen it, time and again, on FB, Twitter, old-school chat rooms...everywhere people gather digitally.

[Gothmog]

35. What idiot attorney would sign a petition for this lawsuit?

Link to tweet

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[Gothmog]

36. "A private company, no matter how large, does not have to comply with the First Amendment."

Link to tweet