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0 pointsbena4y ago0 comments

You said, specifically, that "US legal definition of free speech, at least according to the courts", included the expectation to be heard. That it implied an audience be made available to you.

You need to be able to cite a source, ideally a case or specific law, on such a claim because no one else I know holds to that definition. A link to a Wikipedia article about a different concept does not satisfy, because it does not cite a legal definition of free speech by US courts.

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FeepingCreature4y ago

As I just said, I don't have a source. I was surprised as well. (Should have bookmarked it...)

benaOP4y ago

Then it's quite possible that you've completely misread what the alleged source actually said.

You've levied a pretty heavy claim with nothing but your word as evidence for it.

FeepingCreature4y ago

I don't think it's a heavy claim? Consider the notion of having free speech standing alone in a room. This is obviously pointless. Why would it be a stretch for a court to make the observation that the point of free speech is that people hear you?

I remember thinking "oh yeah, that makes sense, they wouldn't view free speech in isolation but as a tool of the democratic process."

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0 pointsbena4y ago0 comments

You said, specifically, that "US legal definition of free speech, at least according to the courts", included the expectation to be heard. That it implied an audience be made available to you.

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FeepingCreature4y ago

As I just said, I don't have a source. I was surprised as well. (Should have bookmarked it...)

benaOP4y ago

Then it's quite possible that you've completely misread what the alleged source actually said.

You've levied a pretty heavy claim with nothing but your word as evidence for it.

FeepingCreature4y ago

I remember thinking "oh yeah, that makes sense, they wouldn't view free speech in isolation but as a tool of the democratic process."

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