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Re:How Each Pillar of the First Amendment Is Under Attack by s1artibartfast on Monday March 31, 2025 @02:40PM (#43538249)
Free speech means a lot of different things. I like Ken White's framework

https://popehat.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-free-speech-ped...

Free speech rights - The government shouldn't restrict speech

Free Speech culture - Private institutions shouldn't punish speech

Speech Decency - Individuals should judge others by their speech

Incoherence - Nobody should be judged for anything they say

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Re:How Each Pillar of the First Amendment Is Under Attack by spiderfarmer on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @02:37AM (#43543517)
Families are also private institutions. Have you ever corrected your kids in a shouting match?
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Re:How Each Pillar of the First Amendment Is Under Attack by s1artibartfast on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @10:44AM (#43547394)
I have no clue what you are trying to say.
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Re:How Each Pillar of the First Amendment Is Under Attack by spiderfarmer on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @03:44PM (#43550642)
All private institutions, families included, can set their own terms and conditions on where they draw limits to free speech.

There are no free speech absolutists. Only realists and hypocrites.

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