micah541 on Nostr: The whole point of free speech and the first amendment was to explicitly NOT give the ...
The whole point of free speech and the first amendment was to explicitly NOT give the already powerful a legal tool to attack folks who criticize them. The whole point is balance of power,to avoid consolidation of power, which people used to think was a bad thing.
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