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Comment by dguaraglia

9 years ago

It might be a canonical concept, but it's not encoded in law.

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lmm  9 years ago

Indeed. The law does not completely protect free speech; the first amendment prevents the federal government from infringing it, but it's up to us to defend it when it's threatened by other private citizens or organizations.

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