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Money is not Free Speech; It is the Opposite of Free Speech. It is Bought Speech. nt (Original Post)
Xipe Totec
May 2015
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rock
(13,218 posts)1. I believe you're right
Of course, "money is free speech" originated with the repiggies who are sometime known as the bizarros (you know, from Superman Comics).
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)2. If $ = speech, then speech does not = free.
Makes sense.
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)3. Yep
And corporations are NOT people, my friend.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)5. Corporations are Piffle, my Friend. nt
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)4. Money is not speech at all, it is an economic tool.
It's really quite a stretch the RW SCJs connived.