In article , Gunner Asch says...

Where did that first amendment actually come from?

The Founders?

DING!!

A winner, finally!

The founders put all kinds of adverse press about the british out
in literature. The brits used the exact same arguments that are
floating around right now, and the colonists kept right on publishing.

When they formed the constitution, what was the very first thing
the founders wanted in the bill of rights?

Yep, the continued assurance that anyone, anywhere, could publish
literally anything about the newly-formed government.

Anything.

Anytime.

Anywhere.

Political speech is the highest level of protected speech.

No prior restraint.

No limit on content.

No libel.

No slander.

If you're talking about what your government is doing, or about
a politician, the founders made it abundantly clear that anything
goes. The founders realized that the free press was a terrific
weapon against tyranny, and they further realized that if or when
the US government became rotten, the first amendment would be
pivotal in ensuring freedom for the citizens - so they penned
that first amendment in no uncertain terms.

Anyone who suggest that we throw away 200 plus years of first
amendment rights simply because the shrubbie is too incompetent
to run his administration has his head so far jammed up his
ass that the best bet would be for that person to emmigrate to
some other country where the government controls its press with
more authority.

There are plenty of choices.

American Constituion. Love it, or Leave.

Jim


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