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The US only got freedom of speech in the 60's.
by Synaesthesia 5y ago
The US only got freedom of speech in the 60's.
- andrekandre 5y agothe 1st amendment wasn't enacted in the 60s so there must be something i'm missing... can you clarify?
- livueta 5y agoPresumably a reference to how the Brandenburg decision only threw out Whitney/Schneck/Abrams/etc in 1969. Legal rights are just words on paper without a corresponding culture of respect for their importance. The US has a long and sordid tradition of nakedly political censorship. Ask Eugene Debs how much good the 1st amendment did him.