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"You can say anything you want as long as it doesn't break the law" is rather weak standard for free speech, in fact it makes the mockery of the concept. By thi
by xyzzyz 3y ago
"You can say anything you want as long as it doesn't break the law" is rather weak standard for free speech, in fact it makes the mockery of the concept. By this token, Soviet Union and North Korea also have free speech: criticizing the Juche is an illegal "hate speech" after all.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoIt's literally the definition of it, though. The law is what creates freedom of speech, and one way or another, it sets the scope.
- xyzzyz 3y agoThis is not so: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
- belltaco 3y agoThat's just fluff. >The court also rejected the plaintiffs’ arguments that foreign national visa applicants have any First Amendment rights when initially applying for visas from abroad https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/federal-judge-upholds-state-department-rule-requiring-visa-applicants-disclose#:~:text=And%20while%20the%20court%20recognized,should%20be%20granted%20significant%20deference https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/federal-judge-upholds-....
- TeMPOraL 3y agoThat's law, too.