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I don’t have strong opinions on guns, but if you shift emphasis from speech to assembly, it becomes hard to ignore the tension between first and second amendments. Ie guns are clearly a threat to free assembly. Bots targeting trending topics is online analog to mass shooting
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Free speech is not that tricky, it’s the ‘assembly’ part of free speech and assembly that causes the trouble, because people are not always free to assemble/disassemble in physical spaces Online though, if you speak freely and nobody assembles, you’re likely the problem
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The 1st & 2nd amendments restrict the government's actions, they aren't about conflict between citizens. There's no tension between them. They're just things the government can't tell us we can't do.
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That position becomes a bit disingenuous when tech changes. Ie those restrictions on govt action don’t secure the same freedoms in a world of much better guns and much more powerful speech instruments.
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I mean...I'm not an expert or anything...but we're talking about amendments...strongly implying there is a way to change the rules again...possibly via another amendment. Almost like the government is supposed to change when it makes sense to change.
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I think the system is structured pretty well. It didn't do a good job of accounting for the pressure from powerful corporations or the confusion from changing technology, but it's like 80% the right solution.