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charliebwritestoday at 2:04 PM4 repliesview on HN

This is why the First Amendment is so important


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raw_anon_1111today at 4:15 PM

Yes because with the first amendment, a president can’t sue news organizations for saying mean things and get them to pay him personally $15 million a piece (Paramount/CBS and Disney/ABC) and teachers can’t be fired for quoting racist comments of a dead podcaster.

https://cbs12.com/news/local/matthew-theobold-florida-martin...

Maxioustoday at 2:21 PM

“[w]hen a nation is at war, many things that might be said in times of peace are such a hindrance to its effort that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight, and that no Court could regard them as protected by any constitutional right.” Schenck v. United States (1919)

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pixl97today at 2:09 PM

Eh, there was a lot of media censorship during WWII.

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basiswordtoday at 3:22 PM

If you believe Trump wouldn't be doing things like this if America was actually facing direct consequences for its warmongering, I have a bridge to sell you.