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0 pointsapostacy2y ago0 comments

I do not think that the United States section of that article is valid. It seems to equate speech with communication.

It does not feel right to call an IRS tax return "speech".

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mst2y ago

US law uses 'speech' that way.

'Expression' would arguably be a better word for it, but the term of art is what it is.

Speech in this context means an expression of ideas, wether literal speech, or a newspaper article, or...

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0 pointsapostacy2y ago0 comments

I do not think that the United States section of that article is valid. It seems to equate speech with communication.

It does not feel right to call an IRS tax return "speech".

mst2y ago

US law uses 'speech' that way.

'Expression' would arguably be a better word for it, but the term of art is what it is.

Speech in this context means an expression of ideas, wether literal speech, or a newspaper article, or...

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse