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Election Reform

Viva_Daddy

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2. The First Amendment is for ALL AMERICANS.

Reply to stuartsdesk1 (Original post)

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 03:00 PM

Jun 2014

It is NOT about the "absolute" free speech rights of an already privileged few (those who, because of their wealth, already have far more "rights and privileges" than the rest of us) to drown out the free speech rights of everyone else.

As Voltaire said: "All absolutes are false, including the one I just made."

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good one dc rox May 2014 #1

The First Amendment is for ALL AMERICANS. Viva_Daddy Jun 2014 #2