Sept. 25: Happy First Amendment Day!

[Tanuki]

https://www.freedomforum.org/2021/09/15/perspective-first-amendment-day-is-a-reminder-we-get-to-have-a-say/

...."The First Amendment’s freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition are part of our everyday lives. But it’s not every day we stop to think about how or why.

When we do, many Americans have questions and concerns about how these freedoms work in practice.

We may be afraid to speak our minds in a divisive and sometimes punishing social media world.

We may not know how forcefully we can raise our voices, or when we’ve gone too far.

We may be unsure of the way forward when our deepest held beliefs conflict with or diverge from those of others in our communities.

As Americans, we have passionate — and different — views about challenges like those our society is facing. There aren’t easy answers.

Constitution Day reminds us that democracy is about figuring out, through our system of checks and balances, how to coexist when we aren’t all the same and don’t all agree.

First Amendment Day is a reminder that democracy is a participatory process. We get to have a say."....(more)

[MiHale]

1. Thank you for the knowledge...

I just can’t talk about it now.