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Maybe instead of looking for "outs" we should look for the positive value of ideological diversity. People get lost in the argument that the First Amendment on

Maybe instead of looking for "outs" we should look for the positive value of ideological diversity. People get lost in the argument that the First Amendment only applies to the government. To be fair, you didn't. You sidestepped it entirely in your examples. This issue is whether people consider themselves strong enough to allow a marketplace of ideas. The answer for this fragile generation appears to be no.

dalke 11y ago
Most of the people who "get lost in the First Amendment" are those who get stuck on "freedom of speech" and forget the entire "freedom of assembly" part. That's the one that says you aren't forced to include people you don't want to include. It's the reason why a private club can legally exclude Jews. The objections I raised all had to do with including that aspect of the First. This generation is no more fragile than the previous ones. In my generation, we were the weak ones because we were too fragile for the corporal punishment - beating by wooden boards - that previous generations received as children.