> "Free speech protects us from government retribution." It is so embarrassing to hear fellow Americans quote the First Amendment as being the definition of fr

> "Free speech protects us from government retribution." It is so embarrassing to hear fellow Americans quote the First Amendment as being the definition of freedom of speech when even a casual perusal of history points to the First Amendment being inspired from the more general principle of freedom of speech originating in the Enlightenment. We really need to have better education in this country.