Should television and the internet be protected by the First Amendment?

[Judge]

When the Founding Fathers created the Constitution and Bill of Rights and all that other stuff old white men did back in the oldy olden times they created the First Amendment AKA Freedom of Speech.

Now, back then speech was things like public speaking and the written word. So it is obvious these should have 1st amendment protections.

But what about television and the internet? Should these be bereft of FoS (freedom of speech)? These forms of speech did not exist until long after anyone having anything to do with the bill of rights was devoured by worms.
These forms of speech are more powerful, and attainable by the masses, and the speech can reach a far larger number of people quicker.

Maybe the Founding Fathers didn't mean to protect speech so effective and powerful....

*NOTE: This is not about if youtube is allowed to dictate what videos can be deleted on their platform.


WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU APPLY LOGIC CONSISTENTLY???

 

[Mark Hunts FIST]

They didn't have newspapers back then?

 

[Rematch]

Freedom of speech should be applied to public internet and public television, not private entities. The public should be free to criticize public entities for censorship, however, the public is not and should not be entitled to 1st Ammendment freedoms in regards to how a private entity treats speech or expression.

 

[Fawlty]

They are protected by the first amendment. Are you proposing that we should change that? Also, what kind of lawnmower do you own?

 

[Cojopi Extomino]

Maybe the Founding Fathers didn't mean to protect speech so effective and powerful....

WOW. Literally "maybe the ideals of our country were meant to be disregarded when we found it necessary", in thread form.

Between this and Trump's 2nd Amendment fans completely swallowing him announcing he's above the law of the land, it's starting to look like our constitution doesn't really mean as much to some people as they wanted to pretend....

 

[GearSolidMetal]

We should trust our betters, like our politicians and tech company executives, to filter information that we shouldn't be able to see.

We can trust them.

 

[bushman505]

We’re th founding fathers really that old at the time???

And yes, just because our system of communication has expanded due to technology does not mean it should be censored.

Also, if you don’t like pics of chicks in bikinis with guns, you are 100% homosexual...fact.

 

[nostradumbass]

But to answer anyway...

 

[nostradumbass]

We’re th founding fathers really that old at the time???

And yes, just because our system of communication has expanded due to technology does not mean it should be censored.

Also, if you don’t like pics of chicks in bikinis with guns, you are 100% homosexual...fact.

Dude, he's not asking a real question. He's mocking the point gun grabbers make about the founding fathers not meaning for the 2nd amendment to include anything modern. That seemed pretty obvious.

 

[bushman505]

Dude, he's not asking a real question. He's mocking the point gun grabbers make about the founding fathers not meaning for the 2nd amendment to include modern forms.

Ahh sorry, I just finished a bar workout I’m sort of out of it.

Fuck gun grabbers.

 

[Mark Hunts FIST]

I'm only commenting in the again because I feel bad for the OP.


Like clapping at a Special Olympics event.

 

[Judge]

They didn't have newspapers back then?

Now, back then speech was things like public speaking and the written word. So it is obvious these should have 1st amendment protections.

Not sure how you got that from my post. It is like you didn't read it or don't understand that newspapers are the written word.

I'm only commenting in the again because I feel bad for the OP.

Like clapping at a Special Olympics event.

Not sure how anything I said could be as stupid as you not knowing newspapers are included in the written word.
Spend more time thinking and less insulting.

Ad-hominem is the sign of a person with no argument.

Dude, he's not asking a real question. He's mocking the point gun grabbers make about the founding fathers not meaning for the 2nd amendment to include anything modern. That seemed pretty obvious.

Thank God for this. Thought no one was going to catch on to a simple comparison.

Just like the AR15 is more powerful than the muskets of old. The internet is more power than newspapers.

They are protected by the first amendment. Are you proposing that we should change that? Also, what kind of lawnmower do you own?

Why would you think I would be proposing that? WAS THE BABE WITH THE SEMI-AUTO RIFLE NOT ENOUGH TO CLUE YOU IN???

 

[Fawlty]

Why would you think I would be proposing that? WAS THE BABE WITH THE SEMI-AUTO RIFLE NOT ENOUGH TO CLUE YOU IN???

After I dismissed your stupid equivocation, that's what was left. So I guess this is pretty much the end of the thread, so do whatever preening and screaming you have to do- because you clearly identify as a cockatoo- and then we can wrap it up.

 

[HomerThompson]

After I dismissed your stupid equivocation, that's what was left. So I guess this is pretty much the end of the thread, so do whatever preening and screaming you have to do- because you clearly identify as a cockatoo- and then we can wrap it up.

 

[M3t4tr0n]

I'm only commenting in the again because I feel bad for the OP.


Like clapping at a Special Olympics event.

 

[hillelslovak87]

Fuck the FCC

 

[SiKnSiN]

Were the founding fathers really that old at the time???

Just for reference:

Now (at time of inauguration);
President: 70
Vice President: 57
Cabinet: 62

113th Congress:
Senate: 62
House: 57

Vs

Signing of Declaration of Independence
Second Continental Congress: 44

President: 57
Vice President: 54
Cabinet: 40

1st US Congress:
Senate: 47
House: 44

 

[roofuststuntbum]

As long as pornhub doesn't get shut down

 

[the ambush]

When was the original Constitution and Bill of Rights drafted? 1791? I have a basic understanding of the first 12 amendments and their logic. It seemed that each amendment had a separate interpretation at the time. Reference the third amendment and get back to me.

 

[oldshadow]

Yes they should the same as protecting other rights.