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The New DU. Reply #64: Why is it a hard concept that the right of free speech applies only to persons?
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Mon Apr-12-10 06:49 AM
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| 64. Why is it a hard concept that the right of free speech applies only to persons? |
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I doubt that it was meant to apply to animals. Our Founding Fathers, who wrote the First Amendment, warned us about the dangers of excess corporate power. It's very hard to imagine that they meant the first amendment to apply to corporations -- or any non-persons. They probably didn't think it necessary to specify "persons", as they probably never imagined that it could be applied to anything else.
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