> Anyone is free to exercise their free speech, but that right does not protect them from being expelled, fired, or censored at a private university.
I'm not trying to single you out here, but I see this type of comment all the time whenever free speech issues come up, and I can't help but see it as a middlebrow dismissal. Yes, we all agree that in the USA, the First Amendment only covers government suppression of speech. But perhaps equally important is whether we want to live in a society where the smallest amount of "wrong speech" can subject you to almost unlimited social & economic consequences, none of it state-sanctioned.
Should you lose your job and have to go into hiding and start a new life because you make a joke in poor taste to your 50 twitter followers?
Should you lose your job and get death threats because you take a disrespectful photo at a grave site and share it with 5 friends on facebook?
They're not First Amendment issues, but they are free speech issues.
I'm not trying to single you out here, but I see this type of comment all the time whenever free speech issues come up, and I can't help but see it as a middlebrow dismissal. Yes, we all agree that in the USA, the First Amendment only covers government suppression of speech. But perhaps equally important is whether we want to live in a society where the smallest amount of "wrong speech" can subject you to almost unlimited social & economic consequences, none of it state-sanctioned.
Should you lose your job and have to go into hiding and start a new life because you make a joke in poor taste to your 50 twitter followers?
Should you lose your job and get death threats because you take a disrespectful photo at a grave site and share it with 5 friends on facebook?
They're not First Amendment issues, but they are free speech issues.