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Well, the US Supreme Court considers pornography to be speech[1]. And it turns out that restrictions on speech are unconstitutional independently of whether yo
by brookst 4y ago
Well, the US Supreme Court considers pornography to be speech[1].
And it turns out that restrictions on speech are unconstitutional independently of whether you want to exercise that particular speech. If a law is passed prohibiting discussion of mohair rugs, it infringes on my free speech even if I have no intention of discussing mohair rugs.
1. https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10189557359995044131&q=Memoirs+v.+massachusetts&hl=en&as_sdt=6,33 https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=101895573599950...
- robertlagrant 4y agoI know, I know. Well, I think it's silly that anything image or video-based is speech, but I was still being facetious.