it's jewish legalism. the freedom of speech by way of the 1a is meaningless without the associated appreciation for freedom of expression as a value worth protecting. it becomes a cudgel that is easily used by those with soft powers (i.e., powers not derived from government) to silence heterodox perspectives while nominally being perfectly fine because it's legal as it's not a government agency that's doing the silencing. the public generally has to see and appreciate the value of dissenting opinions for something like the 1a to have any significant meaning. having the legal right to say something is meaningless when making that utterance can deprive you of your livelihood, career, family, etc. and all without a government agency lifting a finger. it's like that whole thing about how muslims are fine with freedoms when they're a minority, and then once they take power because they were able to grow super fast thanks to said freedoms, they then restrict the fuck out everyone that's not them. morons would call this the paradox of tolerance but it's not--that doesn't exist.  so yeah, jews.
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