NoCoPilot
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 | | Subject: Freedom of the Press Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:41 am | |
| - A.J. Why wrote:
- Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
- Edward Ashton wrote:
- In our America, [anyone] can say whatever he wants to a huge number of his fellow citizens with a click. Of course most would say that this change is a good one, enhancing our right to free speech by making widely-distributed speech truly free--not every ignorant eighteenth century peasant had access to a printing press, after all.
I wonder though. Maybe the "freedom of the press" was like gun ownership to the founding fathers, meant for wealthy responsible land owners and not for the uneducated masses. Maybe there needs to be an entrance exam to get on Twitter. Maybe, like gun ownership, it should not be unfettered. |
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| | Subject: Re: Freedom of the Press Tue Jul 04, 2023 2:06 pm | |
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