What Does Free Speech Mean?

Among other precious values, the first amendment protects the freedom of speech. The US Supreme Court works well to determine exactly what constitutes protected speech. The following is an example of a judgment of a court having the right to receive protection of the first amendment, including direct (words) and symbol (act).

Students wear a black armband at school to protest the war ("Students are not excluded constitutional rights at the school gate").

Virginia Pharmacy Commission v. Virginia Consumer Council, 425 US 748 (1976); Bates v. Arizona State University, 433 US 350 (1977)

Make students print articles in school newspaper against opposition from school management team

In any case, what does "freedom of speech" mean? Constitutional scholars Jeffrey Stone and Eugene Warlock says, "Unless in exceptional circumstances the government should not impose civil liability based on imprisonment of people or organizations, or on what they say or write. As legendary first amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams recently pointed out, this is a wonderful idea to wipe out various forms and background words, "a story of American exceptionism". Indeed, this is not a story without struggles or controversy. But today in the United States there is a broad, bipartisan agreement that leads the world in protecting and celebrating freedom of speech.

In the first amendment, the exception of so-called "dislike speech" or "exclusion of freedom of speech, this is disliked speech" or "When will freedom of speech stop and disgusted speech start?" I am listening to the statement. However, the first revision has no exception in hating the speech. Disliked ideas (whatever it means) are protected by other ideas such as the first amendment. People can freely condemn Islam or Muslim, Jew, black, white, illegal foreigners or indigenous peoples and can condemn capitalism, socialism, or the Democratic Party or the Republican Party

Freedom of speech does not allow freedom from the result of speech. I will take care of the first fix and someone will protect the right to think about what they want, but that does not mean we need to tolerate hatred, paranoia, racial discrimination. Tolerant Remarks When dealing with religious or sexually oriented fascist groups, we must pay great attention. These hatred groups convened in Charlottesville last week tried to destroy our freedom of freedom, but they soon relied on these same values ​​when they felt embarrassed. We can not tolerate groups that promote intolerance This only leads to the destruction of our liberty. Therefore, we have the responsibility to oppose intolerance and always oppose the places where these groups may occur.