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Originally Posted by Hanni
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Yeah, no. This is wrong. They've confused the concept of freedom of speech with constitutional protections for speech. It's the nature of a
constitution that's limited to restraints on government action, not something inherent to the concept of free speech itself.
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Originally Posted by Alexis De Tocqueville
If great writers have not at present existed in America, the reason is very simply given in these facts; there can be no literary genius without freedom of opinion, and freedom of opinion does not exist in America. The Inquisition has never been able to prevent a vast number of anti-religious books from circulating in Spain. The empire of the majority succeeds much better in the United States, since it actually removes the wish of publishing them.
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True in 1835. The tyranny of the majority has always exerted that sort of suppressive effort, just to different things at different times.
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Let's cut to the chase Flash - do you think coordinating and initiating violence against police and neo-Nazis is a winning tactic for the left? Will it cowe the far right into submission? Walk me through how this strategy plays out, in your mind, and what tangible political accomplishments it achieves.
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