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I don't get the difference between money and speech. Free speech doesn't mean I can just mutter something to myself in my own home. Most things cost money. So i
by bko 5y ago
I don't get the difference between money and speech. Free speech doesn't mean I can just mutter something to myself in my own home. Most things cost money. So if I want to pass out pamphlets to spread my message, that will cost money. So how can you say I have free speech if I'm restricted from spending money.
Consider newspapers. They require money. If money doesn't equal speech, how can I print and distribute my newspaper without spending money? I don't see a system in which you can have free speech while restricting money related to speech
> which to be clear, all three major parties, and a HUGE majority of Canadians don't support
Unpopular speech is precisely the speech that needs to be defended. If its popular and everyone agrees with it, what's the point?
- dghlsakjg 5y agoThis is about anonymous foreign money funding political movements. Is it free speech if a foreign political actor sponsors someone to blow an air horn outside your bedroom window for a week straight? Because that is literally what happened in Ottowa. If that’s free speech, would you mind providing your address for free speech purposes?
- bko 5y ago> Is it free speech if a foreign political actor sponsors someone to blow an air horn outside your bedroom window for a week straight? Because that is literally what happened in Ottowa. I don't know what a "foreign political actor" means, but should a private individual be able to give money to anyone they want? Yes. Should the person receiving the money obey local laws? Yes. But this is more civil disobedience. Protesting is valid political speech. Do I want that to happen in my back yard? Of course not. But that's not particularly useful. Perhaps I don't want bars on my block where I live, but that doesn't mean I have the right to make bars illegal. That's just silly