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       2025-09-27T19:15:55+00:00
       
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       Speech deserves protection regardless of the content, as stated in this great article by Judge Napolitano. (The exception is "speech that is accompanied by independent wrongdoing, such as violence to persons or property or threats accompanied by the present apparent ability to carry them out.")https://consortiumnews.com/2025/09/25/free-speech-and-its-discontents/FTA: "Today, there is no such thing as hate speech. There is hateful speech; it demeans persons due to an immutable characteristic or event. There is offensive speech. There is disgusting speech. There is evil speech. And there is contrarian speech. We all know these words when we hear them. Yet, since the government is prohibited from evaluating the content of speech, all speech is protected. This does not insulate speech that is accompanied by independent wrongdoing, such as violence to persons or property or threats accompanied by the present apparent ability to carry them out.The whole purpose of the First Amendment is to protect the speech most folks find offensive since the speech we love to hear needs no protection. But since all thought is absolutely protected and since speech is the revelation of thought, one person’s hateful talk may be another person’s beautiful music. And because the government is prohibited from distinguishing between the two, you can decide for yourself what to hear. Who cares what the government thinks?Why is government discontented with free speech? Why did Jefferson and Madison craft restraints on government? Because neither trusted the government. Government is irrelevant to speech. Government doesn’t create wealth; it seizes it. Government doesn’t build; it destroys. Government transactions aren’t voluntary; they’re compulsory. Government at its core is the negation of freedom. Hence it wants to silence those who expose its errors and rid itself of those who challenge it.Government doesn’t change. In our current Uniparty system — with its Republican wing and its Democratic wing — wars rage, presidents kill, debt increases, regulations expand, mass surveillance remains ubiquitous, government grows, liberty shrinks; no matter which wing of the Uniparty temporarily controls government.What to do about the speech we hate? Ignore it or challenge it. But don’t silence it. A government that can silence the speech you hate today can silence the speech you love tomorrow."