Post by Pete on Jun 29, 2022 12:48:58 GMT
While the First Amendment has typically been thought of as an ally of the progressive movement, activists on the right are now being accused of subverting the First Amendment into a weapon to express their viewpoint to others.
"Free speech can be useful," said law professor Edmund Jones, "when it's used for things like telling people what normal, everyday thing has been determined to be problematic. But what we're now seeing is a very alarming, unforeseen use of free speech where extremists on the right are using it to influence people with their beliefs - beliefs very contrary to our own - and it's making us rethink this whole First Amendment idea."
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"Free speech can be useful," said law professor Edmund Jones, "when it's used for things like telling people what normal, everyday thing has been determined to be problematic. But what we're now seeing is a very alarming, unforeseen use of free speech where extremists on the right are using it to influence people with their beliefs - beliefs very contrary to our own - and it's making us rethink this whole First Amendment idea."
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