> Conflating these things.... If I'm reading you right, then you are very wrong [0]. So much so that the court's own website addresses this: "If there is a be

> Conflating these things.... If I'm reading you right, then you are very wrong [0]. So much so that the court's own website addresses this: "If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable." The idea of free speech is that for it to be free, you MUST allow unpopular speech (otherwise, it's not free!). This is hard to remember when we disagree with someone' actions. A government agent (the school) taking repercussions against a child (she was 14 at the time) because she expressed frustration about the government should clearly fall into the violation category. To not be a violation would be have an incalculable chill on free speech across schools impacting roughly 70 million kids (plus their parents). [0] - https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/express-unpopular-views-rule-law https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-a...