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Quote by: Zeebadee "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Like every other amendment, the first is being constantly chipped away at. While you're so worried about the "violent destruction" of our society, you seem to be not at all worried about it's peaceful destruction. Like many others these days, you want to give up some of your freedom for a greater sense of security. I disagree, I am not willing to voluntarily give up the slightest shred of my rights as guaranteed by the Constitution. I'd much rather take my chances with the crooks out on the streets than cede my rights to the crooks in the government. |
I completely agree. I don't understand how the first amendment can be interpreted any other way. It doesn't say "Congress shall make no law except for ones that protect safety, or ones that prevent people from yelling fire in a crowded theater, or ones that incite riot..."
"Congress shall make
NO LAW ... abridging the freedom of speech."
It quite clearly says no law, meaning none, nada, zip, zilch. Every law that deals with making spoken words illegal is unConstitutional, period. That is what the Constitution says. Don't like it, change it.