Fake News and the First Amendment
President Trump commented on news that is fake news and the
news media screamed they are protected by the First Amendment to the United
States Constitution. Mr. Trump did not
call all of the news media to be fake, he was critical fake news reported as
real news.
The news media continues to cry there should be no criticism
of them because they are protected by the First Amendment. They continue with because of that protection
they should be no attempt to regulate or interfere with the news media.
There are a few protections in the First Amendment, however
only the free “press” should never be regulated or place restrictions on, or
criticized.
The First Amendment:
“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.”
Do not touch the news media.
But it is okay to regulated religion.
It is okay to restrict free speech, can you say “hate speech
crimes?” Okay to regulate “people
peaceably to assemble.” But never touch
“the press.”
In 1989 the U.S. Supreme Court in the case “Texas v.
Johnson,” ruled burning a U.S. flag is an expression of free speech protected
by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Further examination:
Burning a flag involves no speech, no verbalization, just action. Yet that non-verbal act is protected as “free
speech.”
Now explore this scenario:
A person with a baseball bat proceeds to beat another person of a
different ethnic background repeatedly over the head. While doing so the person committing the
assault hurls verbal insults towards the victim about his/her ethnic heritage.
The assailant will be charged with assault for beating the
victim with a baseball bat. In addition
the assailant will be charged with a “hate crime” to serve an additional
punishment for the negative ethnic slurs verbalized (spoken) during the
commission of the assault.
The speech of the assailant is not protected as free speech,
while the flag burner not uttering a word is protected as free speech. Go figure.
Link to Texas Daddy store:
No comments:
Post a Comment