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Comment by hodgesrm

This is a fair point but any discussion of free speech should be grounded with examples of systems that help maintain it, of which the US constitutional regime is one. Not all such regimes have worked, as the French Revolution demonstrated starting 2 months after the adoption of the US constitution. [0, 1]

So my question would be, what other practical examples would you introduce to the discussion?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Sta...

parent hodgesrm 3 years ago

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