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Re:An Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom by ncmncm on Saturday October 03, 2020 @04:45PM (#24674542)
If it says "citizen" in one place, and "person" in another where it could as easily have said "citizen", elementary logic dictates that "person" does not imply "citizen". Saying otherwise is a brazen attempt to muddy clear water.

The framers were not stupid. They knew what they were writing. If they had meant "citizen", they knew how to write it.

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Re:An Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom by krapp on Saturday October 03, 2020 @05:08PM (#24674682)
"The framers weren't stupid lol" isn't a compelling argument.

Show me documentary evidence or legal precedent from the time demonstrating that intent on the part of the framers, or else you're just projecting.

After all, apparently everyone was wrong about what "well regulated militia" actually meant until 2008. So it must not all be as crystal clear and elementary as you claim.

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Re:An Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom by ncmncm on Saturday October 03, 2020 @05:50PM (#24674930)
Muddying the water has been a successful strategy for lawyers for millennia. That does not make it less reprehensible to do, nor justify being fooled by it.
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Re:An Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom by DiogenesKynikos on Sunday October 04, 2020 @04:37AM (#24677322)
There were a lot of lawyers among the framers. They didn't choose the wording of something as important as the First Amendment randomly.
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