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Charlie Kirk made a career out of inciting violence, ridiculing women, minorities, gay and transgender people and immigrants. In fact anyone who disagreed with him. He encouraged violence. He lied about who won the 2020 election and continued to lie about so many things. He was allowed to encourage hate because he had a first amendment right to free speech. Now Pete Hegseth is spending millions of taxpayer dollars investigating any military person who exercised their first amendment right to criticize Charlie Kirk. Professors and teachers across the country are being fired or punished for criticizing Kirk. Ask yourself, do only far right Republicans have a first amendment right to free speech?
In North Korea, a citizen can be put to death for listening to a video from another country. Is that next for us?

boudinMan · 61-69, M

that’s your interpretation of what charlie kirk did, which is completely untrue. he never encouraged violence. that is what is NOT protected by the first amendment.

oldguy73 · 70-79, M

free speech, doesn't, i think, mean you go on tv and say that you are glad he got killed, laugh about it, you are a girl, would you consider it okay to call you lots of filthy names in a crowd?? say i slept with you and then fake stuff about sex? if free speech, why can't i go to a church and call peopl there very mean names? i could but will get arrested, only thing almost free is air,

Pretzel · 70-79, M

@oldguy73

free speech is indeed limited.

you CAN express opinions - currently.

if you make up stuff and injure a person's reputation - you can be used and have to pay for the damage you've caused.

Go into a church and yell? Nope, not public property. It's private property open to the public and that's a MAJOR distinction. They have a right to eject people for any reason - it's their property.

why the limits? because in a society your actions impact others.
it's why there are limits on speed on a highway.

it's why you can't advocate the violent overthrow of the government - but can advocate for any kind of change you want.

you're right - only air and rain water are free.