Then why mention the 1st amendment? In order to disseminate ideas widely authors have always been at the mercy of editors, publishers and distributors. It's a

Then why mention the 1st amendment? In order to disseminate ideas widely authors have always been at the mercy of editors, publishers and distributors. It's an impossible situation because if you force someone to publish something they find objectionable then you've stripped them of their own rights just so some arsehole can write shit about Jews/Muslims/Gays/Blacks/insert minority here.