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> About the free speech thing, people should say free speech when they mean free speech and not the first amendment. My bad – I didn't even notice the comment
by aeorgnoieang 9y ago
> About the free speech thing, people should say free speech when they mean free speech and not the first amendment.
My bad – I didn't even notice the comment to which you were replying had done this!
We might be disappointed tho in so far as "first amendment" comes to mean 'free speech' to too many people. I mourn the loss of precision, and I'm a little afraid of people conflating the two ideas too.
- grandalf 9y agoOK so I was on my phone trying to hastily type out a comment and I got sloppy. I think the intent was still abundantly clear, even though the loss of precision in my choice of words is unfortunate.