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Originally Posted by KnifeMissile
It's ironic that you hold " sedition" as an exception to the first amendment considering how it is to be used with the second amendment to overthrow the government, should it become too repressive, a la Nazi Germany...
Also, what's the deal with flag desecration? How can your government work so hard to make it illegal and still pretend to hold the first amendment so dear? |
I don't get your point. Sedition is pretty clearly not allowed and for very good reason. We're talking about violent overthrow of the government by its very definition, so how in the world can that be a good thing? There are similar bans pretty much everywhere else around the world - including Canada I might add.
As far as your referrence to Nazi Germany, I don't see how it's even relevant since 1) we're discussing the US and not Germany, 2) there are other bars to facism and totalitarianism besides the 1st Amendment and 3) we're talking about the reasonable limits of 1st Amendment rights, not their retraction, which to my knowledge has never been discussed seriously by anyone in the current government. I welcome your proof otherwise.
Your flag burning point doesn't make sense either. Do we have a flag burning amendment? No. Do some people working for one mean that the rest of us support one? No.