Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and magazine publishers Hugh Hefner and Larry Flynt: if you type the name, then "First Amendment," the Internet gives some interesting recent history about free speech in America.
(How did these people get into my blog?! lol -- The stuff they purvey is not exactly my thing [although Ferlinghetti's poem that he recited in The Last Waltz was very good] ...
I guess the point of much of the First-Amendment-"Drama" that took place during the last century is, If "the man" can outlaw what I write (or draw, or paint, or film) -- he can be coming for you next. It's like -- proving ... or--living up to the ideal and principle of free speech.)
On You Tube there's an interesting video, it's under 4 minutes, I think...
From The 60 Minutes Archive: Larry Flynt
uploader: 60 Minutes
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