FA is by far the most famous embodiment of the concept. > You're being disingenuous here or at the very least you put way too much faith in the average America

FA is by far the most famous embodiment of the concept. > You're being disingenuous here or at the very least you put way too much faith in the average American's knowledge of basic civics / their own government. You don't need to known details of government functioning to value free speech. Valuing free speech is one of those natural values most people - at least in American culture - embrace by default, without much need of educating them on the details. > [edit] Clearly the original parent does understand the First Amendment. That very well may be (though OP recognized their error in an edit), but the comment I responded to talked about "most Americans", not just one online commenter.