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You won't get arrested for performing a Nazi salute in the US, but you will in Germany. You won't get arrested for a joke video about training your dog to do a
by mannerheim 4y ago
You won't get arrested for performing a Nazi salute in the US, but you will in Germany.
You won't get arrested for a joke video about training your dog to do a Nazi salute in the US, but you will in the UK.
- vkou 4y agoPeople were arrested and imprisoned for distributing leaflets opposing the draft. The First Amendment didn't help them much, despite remaining completely unchanged for the past 250 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States Who's to say that the current SCOTUS won't choose to interpret it in that way again?
- mannerheim 4y agoYour example of America not having free speech is a case from a century ago which has been overturned since then. Not going to bother responding to any further replies since you obviously aren't arguing in good faith.
- vkou 4y agoHas anything about the FA changed over the past century? Why do you think the current stronger interpretation of it is not a passing fad? Why do you assume that rights strengthen over time? We just had a plethora of examples to the contrary.