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20. The 1st amendment has been weaponized

Mon May 28, 2018, 11:38 AM

May 2018

What a horrible irony...

The 1st amendment, supposed to be a guarantor of a free society, has been weaponized by the enemies of democracy.

We cannot stop free speech even if that speech is all lies. Our neighbors to the north, Canada, denied Fox request for a broadcast license because, after independent analysis, it was determined that too much of their content was simply lies. The Canada Radio Act prohibits broadcast news from broadcasting lies.

Our 1st amendment is hopelessly broad and doesn’t even address the issue of truth or falseness.

We are, in a sense, hoisted on our own petard.

I believe we should look at what other democracies do to deal with propaganda and amend our Constitution. However, that is simply impossible to achieve. As long as money is deemed by our SC to be free speech our system is paralyzed by overwhelming ‘speech’ of the despotic billionaires.

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The lies have poisoned our ability to communicate with each other. [View all] kentuck May 2018 OP

I'm glad that... TimeSnowDemos May 2018 #1

K&R 10000 times BlueJac May 2018 #2

Fox and Limbaugh have poisoned our ability to communicate with each other sharedvalues May 2018 #3

I would suggest that it is worse now than under any of the others you mention. kentuck May 2018 #4

Oh I agree sharedvalues May 2018 #6

I would agree that they set the table for him. kentuck May 2018 #8

I agree with you. And because their audiences refuse to even hear another point of view or news Alethia Merritt May 2018 #5

AMEN! TxVietVet May 2018 #12

Everything changes once the lying starts. The Wizard May 2018 #7

Agolf Twitler. That's a good one! calimary May 2018 #9

It is hitleresque the way the GOP is handling immigration...and I have nothing to say to those who Demsrule86 May 2018 #10

To accept lying as OK in any political process... kentuck May 2018 #11

Trump lies all the time...but I have bigger fish to fry....the immigrant children that is my Demsrule86 May 2018 #13

Yes! kentuck May 2018 #14

He and Sessions did it...nothing to do with Congress. So our side should relentlessly call Demsrule86 May 2018 #21

Agree. The depth and scope of Republican lying has astounded us. KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #16

Anyone that will knowingly accept lying from their leaders... kentuck May 2018 #17

K&R! G_j May 2018 #15

As long as the lies continue to be called kacekwl May 2018 #18

The Media duforsure May 2018 #19

The 1st amendment has been weaponized Moral Compass May 2018 #20