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diva77

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14. This is what I was thinking -- we've had previous experience with the consequences of Trump's
Tue Jun 13, 2023, 12:54 PM
Jun 2023

incendiary speech -- so now security is going to be an added concern and cost every time he has to appear at a courthouse.

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So ditch the 1st amendment because we have the Internet? Blues Heron Jun 2023 #1
Yeah. Me neither. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 #3
Me neither. marble falls Jun 2023 #5
Nor I as well. GreenWave Jun 2023 #7
Recent statements made by Trump and Kari Lake, for example, have endangered government officials diva77 Jun 2023 #9
I am not a lawyer, but that never stopped anyone else at DU. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 #16
Thanks for this diva77 Jun 2023 #17
Wonder how much J6 has to do with it? Like now Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2023 #2
This is what I was thinking -- we've had previous experience with the consequences of Trump's diva77 Jun 2023 #14
Do you want your own free speech metered ... marble falls Jun 2023 #4
More on prior restaint TheProle Jun 2023 #10
We've already witnessed what Trump's speech can do and our tax dollars being allocated to beefed up diva77 Jun 2023 #11
Free Speech tends to cut both ways TheProle Jun 2023 #12
At a certain point, when it repeatedly stokes terrorism, I would hope for safety to become a diva77 Jun 2023 #13
This is usually covered in high school civics classes, but... Dr. Strange Jun 2023 #6
I explained myself with an editional edit to the OP -- hope you have a chance to see that. Thanks diva77 Jun 2023 #21
The internet isn't as much a problem Bettie Jun 2023 #8
Money speech is definitely a problem too; agreed. diva77 Jun 2023 #18
Who defines incendiary? WarGamer Jun 2023 #15
All good points. I'm just mad that we seem to live in a "threatocracy" now and anyone who diva77 Jun 2023 #19
I hear ya... WarGamer Jun 2023 #22
There is more to Right to Free Speech under the 1st amendment.. Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2023 #20
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