"Free speech" means being able to express your thoughts and opinions without fear of punishment or restriction from the government or other powerful entities.
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It speaks volumes that you are one of the defenders
of free speech regardless of what we might say.
Or it may be actually none of those things; instead, athletes may be doing so in support of
free speech rights, or in solidarity with those who are engaged in protest.
There is also a body of law
on free speech for students which is age dependent to some extent.
And you may not like it, but there is an ancient tradition of
free speech in this nation.
As the university year draws to a close, it is a perfect opportunity to reflect on what appears to be a disastrous 12 months
for free speech on campus.
The purpose of
protecting free speech, making sure media power is not concentrated, information is not secret, and so forth, was to protect democracy itself.
Amazing you guys are all
about free speech as long as it's something you want to hear.
Thus the union shop denies her constitutional right of
free speech by using her money to speak for purposes with which she disagrees.
The police have no place interfering in
free speech issues outside of those I outlined earlier.
People who express them are spreading lies and propaganda — which is
n't free speech at all.
A school is not an area open to the public, so
free speech does not apply to any outside agency like a religion or other private group.
The association actively
supports free speech, literacy, and programs that support local and independent retail shops.
They
limit free speech and are dangerously aggressive to anyone who does not have the same ideas.
The pressing need for reform has resulted in an unprecedented campaigning alliance
between free speech groups and science.
An assault on
free speech at an institute of higher education highlights both the power of rhetoric and the convenient philosophical inconsistency of identity politics.
The suit claims that the state's rules governing lawyer advertising
violate free speech by preventing lawyers from presenting factual information about their services.
We live in a country that
allows free speech to a degree unparalleled elsewhere in the world.
The whole episode is part of a wider trend of
restricting free speech in the name of protecting particular identity groups.
The nature of
free speech online is one that will be continually discussed for years to come, and it is unlikely any product is a perfect fix.
At the same time, however, the incident has become a magnet for an ongoing debate
over free speech and freedom of the press, and the gray line between private and public.
You don't have
free speech if everyone can only say what isn't offensive to anyone.
People who
value free speech above all can gather in one corner, while those who want to avoid hate speech or triggering language can associate somewhere else.
But principles
like free speech are not valued highly by many global warming activists.
Free speech only works for people who have enough brains to understand what is being said.
Though the site faced heavy pressure from advocacy groups, among others, many defended it under
free speech claims.
We will publicly and actively oppose censorship and
promote free speech within the publishing industry through the content we post to our site and to blogs.
As collective individuals they have a right to influence
through free speech and voting, the moral landscape of their society.
Then the answer from many people would be «No» because to deny funding
threatens free speech and freedom of expression.
It is not an abuse of
free speech just to express something somebody else disagrees with.
If that had been the end of it, mall owners and managers would have found themselves with the authority to prevent citizens from engaging in
free speech activities on mall property.
We know we are in trouble when the right of
free speech becomes a right to unlimited pornography.
The report authors also say they have seen significant new activity by political conservatives seeking to protect
political free speech by companies, among other issues.
Are we taking the right to
free speech too far, or is all of this virtually harmless?
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