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Just like everything Trump said, words didn't matter until they did. But the real world actions wouldn't have happened without the words. Of course words matter

• User23 6y ago
  I often observe there’s a reason the first amendment was put before the second. A man with a rifle can cause dozens of deaths. A man with a big enough megaphone can cause millions of deaths. It’s funny that the specious argument that the second amendment doesn’t protect arms the framers didn’t have available isn’t applied to the first amendment. The Internet and mass persuasion is way more unforeseeable than a rifle that shoots faster. Perhaps it’s time for common sense speech control? This isn’t unconstitutional, freedom of speech is not unlimited under the constitution it’s just a matter of where to draw the lines.
  • jsjohnst 6y ago
    > isn’t applied to the first amendment There are quite a few limits on the first amendment, especially in the context of the current discussion and they’ve been covered both in the media and in comments here on HN at length.