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In reply to the discussion: "I support Free Speech, but I do not consider _______ Free Speech." [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)I stated: Money is not speech, and corporations are not people.
None of that doublespeak woo that you threw at me showed any part of my statement to be incorrect.
people - peo·ple (Noun)
Noun:
Human beings in general or considered collectively.
The citizens of a country, esp. when considered in relation to those who govern them.
plural : human beings making up a group or assembly or linked by a common interest
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plural : human beings, persons often used in compounds instead of persons <salespeople> often used attributively <people skills>
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plural : the members of a family or kinship
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plural : the mass of a community as distinguished from a special class <disputes between the people and the nobles> often used by Communists to distinguish Communists from other people
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plural peoples : a body of persons that are united by a common culture, tradition, or sense of kinship, that typically have common language, institutions, and beliefs, and that often constitute a politically organized group
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: lower animals usually of a specified kind or situation
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: the body of enfranchised citizens of a state
Just because the law says something is true, it does not make that thing true.
The law once said that black people were not equal to white people.
That did not make this true.
As far as money goes ~
speech/spēCH/
Noun:
The expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds.
A person's style of speaking.
a : the communication or expression of thoughts in spoken words
b : exchange of spoken words : conversation
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a : something that is spoken : utterance
b : a usually public discourse : address
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a : language, dialect
b : an individual manner or style of speaking
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: the power of expressing or communicating thoughts by speaking