First Amendment

dirtyhippie:

Slander isn't criminal behavior unless it can be proven that special damage was done to the person in question. So it's incredibly broad.

Basically, the first amendment goes by the honor system. You can say whatever shit you want to, and it should be accurate to the best of your knowledge. Unfortunately, people are lazy and abuse this right. It's definitely a right, but one that people use constantly without thinking...

Sam agreeing with the original draft of the Constitution
hate to say it, but I think you're going conservative

Good book on this topic: Current Controversies: Free Speech

I just like that whole series of books because they don't present one side of an opinion. Like Im reading that one as we speak, I just started it. Chapter one is called "Should Free Speech Be Limited?", a question. Then it's broken into two mini-chapters the first one being "Free Speech should be limited" and the second is "Free Speech Should Not be Limited". Even if you've already formed an opinion on the subject, it can show you both sides of an argument. It's a book composed of multiple articles by different authors on Free Speech. This whole series of books pretty much own the world. Our city library has the whole series, but their librarian smells weird and scares me. I read all the ones on drugs and alcohol there but after multiple suggestions from me, myself, and I our school librarian ordered them. And she doesn't smell weird.

So after I finish it I'll probably come back in here and make a big long post with multiple references to that book.