3 ms·
> Free speech protects you from the government restricting you from saying something No. The First Amendment (in the United States) protects you from the gover
by Turing_Machine 9y ago
> Free speech protects you from the government restricting you from saying something
No. The First Amendment (in the United States) protects you from the government suppressing your speech. Government suppression is far from the only free speech issue.
> Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1357/ https://xkcd.com/1357/
Yeah, that was when I stopped reading XKCD.
- prepend 9y agoI really like XKCD, but that strip really irked me. Similarly to Louis CK’s “You can’t tell me if I hurt.” quote. Both had really quality work and clear thoughts and then the disingenuousness of these items made me rethink my own perception of them.