As long as you understand your rights come from nature's God not any constitution or law of man.
Then the question of our "first amendment rights" is a question of whether or not the federal goverment is respecting the limits imposed by the 1st amendment. I would have to say no on all accounts, for it does indeed restrict our right to speech, just as it inhibits our right to establish religious laws among the States.
Turning the amendment ratified by states (nearly all of whom had established State laws on religion) on its head to impose official atheism from washington.
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I still have mine. I imagine it will get me fired someday but I am good with that.
Sadly it only means freedom from prosecution by the government, it still allows people to get you fired from your job for saying something they disagree with.
Legally we still have it, realistically we do not as it silences a lot of people who are now afraid to say anything for fear they could get fired.
Why people think it is good to silence those they disagree with, I will never understand. That does not change their opinions, it drives them underground which seems more dangerous.
Yes, but the left wing wingnuts are trying to get rid of it. The moron AOC squealed like a stuck pig when Elon bought Twitter. He just wanted free speech, but the left can't deal with that. But she got even with him, she sold her Tesla. lol.
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Nope. Not when parents who voice their concern over the "curriculum" being fed to their children in public schools are shut down and investigated by state and federal agencies.
Well you do until they start jailing or fining people for things determined as politically incorrect.
A lot of people I know choose not to comment anything political on twitter, Instagram or Facebook or just in the workplace.
A lot of people on social media will not even use their actual name full real name, usually a nickname or a foreign spelling of their name and that's to throw off employers and potential employers. A lot of jobs have conduct clauses in their contracts that say if you were a teacher and there's a picture of you drinking a beer or endorsing marajuanua use you may get fired.
A guy at work got a written warning for a picture of him and his brother being at a Trump rally on Facebook. Of course his lawyer got involved and the the woman who issued it was moved to another department
More than we used to, honestly. You used to be lynched for saying you think black people are human beings. The thing people misunderstand about the First Amendment is that it's the right to free speech. Not the right to be an insufferable ass. The first amendment also only protects you from the government and in public. Not from a private business. They have the full right to control what you can and can't do on their property while under their employ, just as someone in your house doesn't have a right to talk shit to your face without getting kicked out.
Your first amendment right doesn't give you freedom from consequences. It also doesn't apply in a work environment if you signed a contract stating as such. Just like it doesn't apply on many social media platforms because they dictate what content goes on their website, not the customers.
You have the right to parrot the official woke narrative. Anything else you say or do can and WILL be weaponized against you.
First amendment only applies to federal, state, and local government. This includes lawmakers, elected officials, public schools, universities, courts, and police officers. It does not include private citizens, businesses, and organizations. If you make a political statement and your job decides to fire you over it, then obviously they don't agree with your statement and how it may represent them.
You have free speech. But that doesn't mean you have free speech when you're working for someone. They're perfectly within thier right to fire you if they feel it's affecting thier business. It's kind of a no brainer to keep your politics out of your workplace.
Yes, I still think we very much have free speech.
Legally yes.. But with rampant leftism we are very quickly approaching 1984
Doesn't look like we still have it!
https://www.youtube.com/embed/8N4CSA6GiG0You can say whatever you want, but the people that you say it to. Donโt have to agree with whatever you said and are free to be offended! Then you are in socialist jail!
Our first amendment rights are not being respected and if anything the rights should be expanded.
The liberals are work real hard to take it away and become commies
No one is being put in jail for speaking out against the government so yes we do
Can someone please explain:
What is the first amendment?
What is the meaning of this Q?Nope. Try saying anything anti gay on this site and they remove your opinion
You're not getting sent to the gulag.
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