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the 1st amendment wasn't enacted in the 60s so there must be something i'm missing... can you clarify?
by andrekandre 5y ago
the 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.