Masimatutu@lemm.ee to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI never understood why Americans treat their Constitution like some holy bookfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square307fedilinkarrow-up11.29Karrow-down1138file-text
arrow-up11.16Karrow-down1imageI never understood why Americans treat their Constitution like some holy bookfiles.catbox.moeMasimatutu@lemm.ee to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square307fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarew2tpmf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down2·1 year agoWell the very first and most important thing they wanted was to give you the right to say that or whatever you want about them. Before they enshrined that concept in their document, saying such things about members of your government would get you jailed or executed.
minus-squareabraxas@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·edit-21 year agoSounds like it was useful. Now it seems like it just differentiates us from countries that can do something about the spread of hate. Not against the Constitution, but the Freedom of Speech **is **perhaps the most anachronistic freedom if you look at much of Europe.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year ago Sounds like it was useful. It still is? Unless you think someone should be able to go to jail for making a joke about a government official. Not against the Constitution, but the Freedom of Speech **is **perhaps the most anachronistic freedom if you look at much of Europe. Yeah you say that when a party you support is in power.
Well the very first and most important thing they wanted was to give you the right to say that or whatever you want about them.
Before they enshrined that concept in their document, saying such things about members of your government would get you jailed or executed.
Sounds like it was useful. Now it seems like it just differentiates us from countries that can do something about the spread of hate.
Not against the Constitution, but the Freedom of Speech **is **perhaps the most anachronistic freedom if you look at much of Europe.
It still is? Unless you think someone should be able to go to jail for making a joke about a government official.
Yeah you say that when a party you support is in power.