Freedom of Speech - HBO Documentary - Part 1 of 5

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Shouting Fire: Stories From The Edge Of Free Speech (2009)

The first amendment of the United States Constitution clearly states that Congress will make no law "abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press," but the fact that the Bill of Rights protects free speech doesn't mean that everyone likes it. Expressing controversial or unpopular opinions has sometimes caused people to be silenced by others, and in the wake of the 9/11 terrorists attacks, some Americans have found that speech isn't always as free as they'd imagine. Shouting Fire, a riveting exploration of the current state of free speech in America is crucially relevant. Interweaving historical cases-The New York Times' fight to publish the Pentagon Papers and the Nazis' insistence on marching in Skokie, IL. among them-with contemporary free-speech battles, the film documents the way both the Right and the Left have lashed out in fear. We think of First Amendment rights as inviolable; but in fact, they're profoundly vulnerable. Prominent First Amendment attorney--and the filmmaker's father-Martin Garbus, leads us through this perilous landscape and wisely warns, if we don't fight for our freedoms every day, we will lose them.

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[MrPurple0]

watching this for class lol

[TheGuinnessboys]

Freedom of speech was made to make a difference in this world not to to go around saying "nigger" and "fuck the police" and shit.

[MilitantOldLady]

@modelbw2009

dream on

[modelbw2009]

@MilitantOldLady Actually your statements are invalid on many levels. Because we have Freedom of Speech in America, we are allowed to speak our minds, which means that if we want to praise or ridicule our government, we can do so. The fact that you only know of the FOX and CNN networks shows how ill informed you are. What makes America so great is the civil liberities we have. Our government is of the people, by the people and for the people. WE decide. You live under a monarchy. They decide.

[Rizzojerky]

@TheAbuayyash Uh...actually if you even just mention anything about about Jews that does not start with " I love"...it's Anti-Semitic.....!

[TheAbuayyash]

When u attack Black people, they call it racism.

When u attack Jewish people, they call it anti-semetism.

When u attack women, they call it sexism.

When u attack homosexuality, they call it intolerance.

When u attack ur Country, they call it treason.

......When u attack a religious sect, they call it hate.

But when u attack the ...Prophet Mohammed, they call it FREEDOM of SPEECH !?!

[MilitantOldLady]

@GeoffonTour

well tough luck, im a royalist...anything that keeps the plebs off the streets is fine by me....at least we have something to show the world

[GeoffonTour]

@MilitantOldLady For a start I'm english, and if you don't think that's a despicable waste of police time & taxpayer money (our fucking money), not to mention an infringement of the right of peaceful protest, then I don't really have anything else to say.

[MilitantOldLady]

@10mintwo

at least we have something to be proud of

[MilitantOldLady]

@GeoffonTour

well it is a monarchy, they have the right to do so...frankly, if the country was my personal property, i'd do the same and you cant say putting someone who wants to be a public nuisance under house arrest for a day is a bad idea, i say more of that...and you cant say your grand pubah is any better...when the US president goes anywhere, they do exactly the same thing...they also spy on and monitor all telecommunications traffic in a 2 mile radius amongst other things