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Free speech, an overworked and fraudulent phrase.

Have you read the 1st amendment?

Here it is, see anything about Free Speech, All I see is Congress shall make no laws

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

That sentence does not say that you, I, an employer, a university can say any thing we want, especially if it harms or threatens a person or public safety, Nor does it mean that a state can't pass laws that limit speech.

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The thought just occurred to me, that the reason that the media makes so much noise about free speech, is because that is how they make a profit, causing division, telling lies, focusing on the liars and thieves, the media loves Trump, the media created Trump, as Les Moonves said: Trump is bad for America but great for CBS. They can justify slanders and lies, (Fox is the master of it) by claiming free speech and no one questions it, iby the same token the media, if it so wished, could make guns totally socially unacceptable and rally the people behind sensible laws, but they make too much money (eyeballs) with breaking news on another mass shooting.

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