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MartinRigggs on scored.co
1 year ago11 points(+0/-0/+11Score on mirror)2 children
I’d argue that the first amendment is designed to protect your speech from this exact situation. It wasn’t designed to protect popular speech. It wasn’t designed to protect you from getting your ass beat by some other citizen for disrespecting that person, since clearly our own statesmen used to duel with other men regularly over blatant shows of disrespect, although the law would disagree with that now. In reality, the 1st amendment was specifically designed to protect the citizen’s right to criticize government officials, their use of power and their corruption.
Flex your First kings!