Friday, November 29, 2024

Nellie Bowles of the Free Press on Thanksgiving This Year

 "I'm thankful this year for the First Amendment. I never understood how precious it was, or how rare, but watching European countries send cops to people's houses for barely controversial Facebook posts has shocked me." 

Not to mention people being arrested in the UK for silently praying on the sidewalks in front of abortion clinics. Silently praying is a thought crime in Great Britain!

Bowles is right. American exceptionalism is real and free speech is one of the most important features of American exceptionalism. But even here, the First Amendment is under attack by elites who are shocked to learn that not everyone believes what they believe. 

But we have a Supreme Court whose First Amendment jurisprudence is the strongest sign of American exceptionalism. So I am also thankful this year for the First Amendment, and for the Court that supports and defends it.

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