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I Believe In Freedom of Speech

I'm increasingly concerned that private entities and corporations and "private property" laws are being used to essentially stifle freedom of speech and openly am calling for a constitutional amendment to update the First amendment and Specifically spell out the following:

1. Minors have the same constitutional rights as adults. Therefore they have Freedom of speech and the Government NOR Private corporations or private organizations nor public organizations , etc are allowed to restrict their constitutional rights including Freedom of speech.
2. While the first amendment was intended to protect people from Government censorship in light of recent events The Corporate power has been also interfering in Freedom of Speech, And the First amendment now protects You NOT JUST from the government but from ALL institutions both private and public censoring you.
3. Acceptable use policies nor terms of service nor private codes of conduct by any institution private or public are specifically forbidden from having policies that restrict freedom of speech, including anything it deems profane. these institutions are not allowed to have unacceptable words in their policies and if they do those are unenforceable by the government and yet the government is bound by law to use any level of force necessary to compel that institution to NOT enforce that policy.
4. No entity public or private is allowed to restrict freedom of speech.
5. Property rights do not trump Free Speech rights. just because it's your property doesn't give you the right to impose censorship on those using or living on your property.
6. If a Corporation or private individual or even a government institutions restricts a persons freedom of Speech that person can seek moneytary damages as well as compel the institution to reinstate whatever it took down and put it back up in a court of law. they are thus ENTITLED To compensation and the courts are bound by law to give it to them or be found in contempt of the law and subjected to imprisonment until they do.
7. All of the above applies unless that Speech was used to incite violence especially against marginalized and oppressed people OR was used to encourage them to commit violence against themselves.

 
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