Free Speech and Limits: Crossing a Line?

Reading this brought some interesting thoughts to mind.

As much as I would like to disagree and say that the interpretation of the first amendment should be in the eye of the beholder, being anyone who chooses to use or abuse it, I cannot.

Al Franken knowingly abuses this right of free speech, as do many other citizens of the United States. The founders and framers may not have seen it coming, and they might not have had any clue that it was going to happen... but the world has changed, does change, and will still change in the future.

As to a line being drawn, it must be. However, no matter how liberal or conservative one could be with drawing this line, someone will think differently. And as this is one of the greatest things about U.S. culture, it is also what separates a united people into groups. So all anyone could really do is sit around and pretend to play a game of 'keep everybody happy.'

The only solution is no solution... and I promise that makes sense.

People can be as outspoken as they would like to be, and when it offends you, stop listening. Although someone might be offended, others might find Al's jokes to be absolutely and totally hilarious. The opinion is a dangerous concept, but the greatest thing about it is that everyone has their own. Every person will have their own idea of what the first amendment should be interpreted as, and many of them will be conflicting. However, as mentioned earlier, it seems now that no solution is the only solution.