"Sad but true ... the US owes Canada (and the world) an apology" S2 #859
Superficially is might seem so.
But a more comprehensive analysis demonstrates that "the US" (the term in #859) welcomes free speech. NOT ONLY THAT:
The U.S. doesn't need First Amendment protections for a doting son to extol his love of his mother. Popular speech doesn't need protection.
It's unpopular speech that needs protection. For more insight on that, review the Skokie decision.
Democracy isn't pretty. I appreciate the jocular elbow in the ribs from our Northern neighbor.
However unflattering the graphic #859, is it worse than
We all want perfection.
Please let us know when you find it.
"The remedy for bad speech is good speech." U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis
ref:
Skokie, Illinois
Skokie (formerly
Niles Center) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, neighboring the City of Chicago's northern border. ...
Skokie has twice received national attention for court cases decided by the United States Supreme Court. In the mid-1970s, it was at the center of
National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie, in which a Nazi group, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, invoked the First Amendment in an attempt to schedule a Nazi rally in Skokie. At the time, Skokie had a significant population of Holocaust survivors. Skokie ultimately lost that case, though the rally was never held.
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