bendog
Diamond Member
You can't call liberals commies in Texas?! That seems so un-American. LOLI agree. The "free" in free speech is not the same "free" as it is in "free beer." It means unobstructed or unrestrained. It's most definitely not "free" in terms of being costly.I prefer that the first amendment be enforced.... and that includes the decisions on libel/slander laws.
if you're talking about people being able to spew whatever they want and have no repercussions (e.g, post racist rants on FB and then cry because they lost their job), then I'm going to have to say you can say that's a different issue. do you also think that "free speech" means every loon has to be given every forum they want in which to speak?
which do you mean?
Nobody should stop an idiot from telling the whole world that his neighbor is an illiterate, bankrupt, homosexual, communist (per se defamation in Texas), when said idiot knows it is false.
But, said idiot should be ordered to pay damages for such a false statement.