By Steve Quillian
The First Amendment reads:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or of abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Continue reading
Few Americans today are willing to protest much of anything. Who today is stretching the limits of First Amendment rights? If there is an injustice in the country, does anybody care?
Plenty of American are actually concerned about the direction law enforcement is taking in the United States. But they Continue reading
O.K. I get it. Fake news will be banned. There will be no use for court cases that involve slander, libel or defamation. No problem there, legal standards are only enforced on a selective basis anyway. Heck look at immigration.
If fake opinions are ever banned, that will be the end of politics as we have always known it. The truth has no utility in politics. If fake opinions are banned, there won’t be a word said in the halls of Congress.
Think of the countless dollars that will denied professional athletes who get paid for endorsements. What will happen to the advertising industry as a whole? In time telling lies in general could be banned. Just think, many rooms we walk into will be completely silent.
Just be glad that we have people in government to tell us what is real and what is not real. Look at all the good that system did the Germans during the 1930s and 1940s.