tintory@lemm.eeM to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAutomaker CEO Elon Musk Strips UAW Twitter Verification as Union Strikes Against Big Threetheintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down116cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.mlpolitics@beehaw.org
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minus-squareglad_cat@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down11·edit-21 year agoThat’s the “American and legal” version of free speech. Was there no free speech before they wrote the constitution?
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoCorrect, there was not. For example, see the case of Zenger and the New York Weekly Journal. Even today, the UK does not have the same freedom of speech as the US. For example: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/abolish-the-monarchy-protesters-king-proclamation-b2165294.html
That’s the “American and legal” version of free speech. Was there no free speech before they wrote the constitution?
Correct, there was not. For example, see the case of Zenger and the New York Weekly Journal.
Even today, the UK does not have the same freedom of speech as the US. For example: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/abolish-the-monarchy-protesters-king-proclamation-b2165294.html