I didn't say free speech is a privilege. That word does not even show up in my comment.
I think that all HUMANS, not just Americans, are entitled to free speech. And our Constitution has nothing to do with it. Rights are granted by our creator (God, Goddess, Spirit, Universe, whatever word you like). Just because a small group of rich whi…
I didn't say free speech is a privilege. That word does not even show up in my comment.
I think that all HUMANS, not just Americans, are entitled to free speech. And our Constitution has nothing to do with it. Rights are granted by our creator (God, Goddess, Spirit, Universe, whatever word you like). Just because a small group of rich white men got together and wrote something down on paper that benefited THEM (the rich white men) does not make it relevant or meaningful today. Rights DO NOT come from the Constitution.
“A man’s natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed by one man, or by millions; whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, (or by any other name indicating his true character,) or by millions, calling themselves a government.”
I didn't say free speech is a privilege. That word does not even show up in my comment.
I think that all HUMANS, not just Americans, are entitled to free speech. And our Constitution has nothing to do with it. Rights are granted by our creator (God, Goddess, Spirit, Universe, whatever word you like). Just because a small group of rich white men got together and wrote something down on paper that benefited THEM (the rich white men) does not make it relevant or meaningful today. Rights DO NOT come from the Constitution.
“A man’s natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed by one man, or by millions; whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, (or by any other name indicating his true character,) or by millions, calling themselves a government.”
Lysander Spooner
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Lysander Spooner was one of the true "good" ones.