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One always has the right to remain silent, for any reason. Compelled speech is immoral. (And rights do not come from the government) The people telling you oth
by tarxvf 3y ago
One always has the right to remain silent, for any reason. Compelled speech is immoral. (And rights do not come from the government)
The people telling you otherwise are not interested in protecting you or anyone else.
- ethanbond 3y agoRights don’t come from your government but the protection of those rights does, so tomato tomato.
- jvanderbot 3y agoYou have the right to remain silent during questioning outside court. By the way have you seen how far this has degraded? You can't remain silent until you say you are remaining silent explicitly by claiming this right. But, I'm not sure you have the right to not speak in court when called to testify.
- jvanderbot 3y agoFor anyone who wants to read up on the erosion of the right to remain silent. https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/two-supreme-court-cases-confront-further-erosion-right-remain-silent https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/two-supreme-court-cases-... In particular, here's a quick overview of the idea that you need to speak to invoke your right to remain silent, rather than just remaining silent. https://versustexas.com/blog/miranda-right-to-remain-silent/ https://versustexas.com/blog/miranda-right-to-remain-silent/