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Can you shout "fire" in a theater and be protected under free speech? Can you speak anything you desire, regardless of the audience and be guaranteed no implications? That is when your speech becomes a privilege.
Huh? Shouting fire in a theater is never a privilege.yup, with certain very limited exceptions, we can say whatever our little hearts desire, regardless of the audience. God help us if this ever changes.
EinsteinsGhost - Do you agree with the senators that free speech in the 1st Amendment should be regarded as a state granted privilege?
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Originally Posted by shorebaby
Huh? Shouting fire in a theater is never a privilege.yup, with certain very limited exceptions, we can say whatever our little hearts desire, regardless of the audience. God help us if this ever changes. Speech is never a privilege, it is a right.
I'm not sure what your point is. On one hand you claim certain speech to be a privilege, which clearly isn't true. On the other hand you claim there is a right to regulate speech due to the audience, which also isn't true.
Perhaps you would like to try to explain your position.
I'm not sure what your point is. On one hand you claim certain speech to be a privilege, which clearly isn't true. On the other hand you claim there is a right to regulate speech due to the audience, which also isn't true.
Perhaps you would like to try to explain your position.
I've plenty of posts here explaining my position. In fact, I've used yours too, where you called for "exceptions" to "rights".
You aren't from the left by any measure and yet support laws that describe "exceptions". You can't be THAT clueless.
Please point put the described exceptions. As you probably are not aware, they are extremely limited and the SCOTUS is loath to expand those handful of exceptions.
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You can't be THAT clueless.
