Subj : Re: Re:free speech
To   : Foriest Jan Smith
From : jimmylogan
Date : Tue May 27 2025 08:29 am

-=> Foriest Jan Smith wrote to jimmylogan <=-

FJS>   Re: free speech
FJS>   By: jimmylogan to MRO on Tue May 20 2025 20:38:47

> Interesting that you mention the KKK. I was talking to a friend
> who said a Swastika flag was 'hate speech.' I said it's still
> FREE speech. You don't have to like it.

FJS> I've always associated freedom of speech with government rather than a
FJS> private company's response to your speech. I think to assume otherwise
FJS> is kind of silly. I'd be glad if such individuals honestly suffered the
FJS> social consequences (social consequences are not covered by freedom of
FJS> speech, merely retaliation by government).

Yeah - in this case, if a neighbor puts up a flag that the
other neighbors don't like, they can complain and they
can refuse to do business with him, etc.

BUT - they do NOT have the right to go on his property and
remove the flag.

So it's more than the government... The police telling him
he had to take it down would be the government stepping in
(and stepping over their authority).



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