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If you read the Founders writings justifying the first amendment you’d read it’s origins were rooted in fear members of Congress would be shot during periods of
by compiskey 4y ago
If you read the Founders writings justifying the first amendment you’d read it’s origins were rooted in fear members of Congress would be shot during periods of open debate.
It was not until the last 60-70 years the “zeitgeist” changed such that free speech was considered a freedom for all the government could not intrude upon.