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Free speech is a legal construction and it does in fact come with exceptions. Child pornography, slander, and death threats are other examples of exceptions.
by lawn 2y ago
Free speech is a legal construction and it does in fact come with exceptions.
Child pornography, slander, and death threats are other examples of exceptions.
- throwaway93140 2y ago[flagged]
- scarab92 2y agoPornography is properly regarded as a form of speech
- intended 2y agoFree speech is protected by cases over porn where the government lost - its one of the strongest tests of speech. Porn is 100% speech.
- throwaway93140 2y agoThe concept of free speech predates the US constitution or even its government.
- _heimdall 2y agoAnyone who has considered child porn speech is smoking something. We have agreed the act of taking pictures or videos of children in those situations to be illegal, it isn't about the meaning or speech a person may apply to that final product. Slander and death threats are harder to define. You have to show an active plot to commit the crime, not just a statement. At that point the plot, the action you took, is the crime rather than your words.