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sarisataka

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Reply to unblock (Original post)

Tue Oct 3, 2017, 09:51 AM

Oct 2017

Than a few suggestions around here lately that free speech is dangerous and should be severely restricted or eliminated

Perhaps all freedom is dangerous. Should we just trust the current administration to do what is best for us? I'm sure they would like that power.

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How screwed up is our 2nd amendment discourse? Just look at the 1st amendment! [View all] unblock Oct 2017 OP

K & R SunSeeker Oct 2017 #1

Here's the problem at hand: no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 #2

Our restrictions to the 1st and 2nd are consistent with our notion of individual liberty. aikoaiko Oct 2017 #3

Sort of, I guess. Orrex Oct 2017 #5

When they become rational people.... kentuck Oct 2017 #4

What if we regulated the First Amendment now to the extent we do the 2nd? Lee-Lee Oct 2017 #6

Lol! Yeah, everything in the constitution is exactly the same unblock Oct 2017 #7

Just a few weeks ago, a guy shouted out of his hotel window, and his words killed 50 people Orrex Oct 2017 #8

There have been more sarisataka Oct 2017 #9