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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
No, that's normal. After a national shooting, gun sales go up since gun nuts believe the government will use said incident to take their guns away.
As for your concern... Yes, if an Amendment was passed to repeal the First Amendment, the First Amendment would become invalid. Amendments are designed to be changes to the Constitution itself, and thus later Amendments override earlier Amendments and the Constitution as it was originally written. That being said, it won't because both the press AND the churches in the United States would destroy any politician who even suggested it. Remember that the First Amendment deals not just with the freedom of speech, but also freedom of the press and freedom of religion, and both the press and the churches have a large amount of power in the United States.
As far as Prohibition is concerned, the reason why the 21st Amendment was ratified to repeal the 18th... The "War on Beer" failed spectacularly and was a disaster of unprecedented proportions! You think the War on Drugs is bad? The War on Drugs did not create anyone like Al Capone.
edited 18th Jun '16 12:31:40 AM by GameGuruGG
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I'm not so sure. On the left their is an increasing sentiment against speech they disagree with, and I've heard some argue the first amendment is a tool of privilege. I could see at some point in the future a movement to replace the first amendment with more "mature" and "responsible", European style press freedom that doesn't protect hate speech or things like that. Mind you this would hardly lead to 1984.
That sentiment never seems to survive outside of socal media or colleges, even graduates seem to loose that sentiment, so it's not a generational thing so much as a specific period of life thing.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranA bit more local-level than usual but:
Oakland loses 3rd police chief amid growing scandals:
@Hil's Twitter: it's like a guy in WoT saying "uninstall game u noob". If that's snark, I'm not seeing it.
On empty crossroads, seek the eclipse -- for when Sol and Lua align, the lost shall find their way home.40% of American millenials are okay with limiting speech offensive to minorities
Interestingly, preference for absolute free speech goes up with education.
The comments are entertaining if you want to see some old people shit themselves.
Most people I've discussed limiting free speech with say they're in favor of limiting hate speech, not freedom of the press or freedom to speak out against the president or what have you. But stopping people from saying "that woman deserved to be raped" or "we need to stone all the gays", or stopping people from owning/displaying nazi memorabilia.
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France is a special case, though — they've a rather hard variation on the whole "separation of church and state" thing.
edited 18th Jun '16 9:26:24 AM by desdendelle
On empty crossroads, seek the eclipse -- for when Sol and Lua align, the lost shall find their way home.Yeah, that's just an excuse to fuck with Muslims. At the time, you could also see Sarkozy attending Catholic rituals with a fucking tear in his eye.
Speaking of Muslims in school, has anyone here been reading Ms. Marvel?
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.I mean, the problem is that free speech is specifically meant to protect unpopular speech. Otherwise, the Star Wars Holiday special would be illegal contraband. So, banning a certain type of speech can set a worrying precedent (I'm not saying it's never necessary, but still).
Leviticus 19:34I recommend reading it more carefully:
It's not very clearly written, but it does say that the more education a person has, the less likely they are to support limits on offensive speech.
edited 18th Jun '16 11:02:09 AM by majoraoftime
Oh that is surprising. I mean its always stereotyped as overpriviladged college kids without a sense of humor. Maybe it's because a large part of the people wanting these limits are minorities themselves, and a good number of them lack a college education.

Any Amendment can be repealed, in that there are legal mechanisms to do that, but that is not going to happen and is not something any reasonable person would be worried about for the foreseeable future.
The First Amendment, more than any of the others, is practically sacred in modern American mythology.
edited 18th Jun '16 12:19:16 AM by Clarste