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I feel that this is a very black and white view of the issue. I don't want to see billboards as I drive down the freeway, but I have no choice (in the US) if I need to get somewhere far away. Several states have banned outdoor billboards, should those governments be dissolved?

At some point the public interest overrides an absolute freedom of speech. We can debate where that line is, but "it's not open for discussion" is objectively incorrect.



> We can debate where that line is, but "it's not open for discussion" is objectively incorrect.

This is inherently a subjective matter. It's not possible to be objectively incorrect on whether or not speech protection should be absolute.


It's just paraphrasing the declaration of independence. This is already the established world order.

You have an extremist point of view that your right to free speech is granted to you by the government.


I'm not sure what comment you meant to reply to, but it certainly wasn't mine, as you have my ideology backwards there.




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