Remedial First Amendment For Conservatives (And Bill Maher)

[kpete]

Here, in full, is the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Our constitution explicitly says that you can say whatever you want to say without government interference. What it does not guarantee is any sort of platform to make that speech. The first amendment does not guarantee a right to a radio show, a tv show, a newspaper column, a website, or a stage show. It says that you can say things and the government has no right to squelch that speech.
MORE:http://www.oliverwillis.com/2012/03/11/remedial-first-amendment-for-conservatives-and-bill-maher/

[seabeyond]

1. your right to say it. my right to call bullshit. i hear ya.

often i hear others argue freedom of speech with absolute demand others shut up. i always find that funny.

[MADem]

2. It has ever been thus. You can babble, I don't have to listen. You can exhort, I can say

"What utter horse shit!"

It's the American way!

[shcrane71]

3. What sort of privileged elitist thinks he can use a regulated radio spectrum to broadcast

juvenile rants???

Answer: Rush Limbaugh. Billy Maher is acting as a Limbaugh apologist.

[HopeHoops]

4. It also doesn't give Rush a free ticket to broadcast on AFN. We pay for that.