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by viro 1575 days ago
Like what? I have a feeling there aren't as many as you think. Most of them are about ordering people to commit literal violence/crimes.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exce...

There you have a bunch of examples. Free speech in the US is restricted. That's the point I was making. You can be okay with the restrictions in place but you cannot ignore that they're there. That's just factually wrong.

In a roundabout way libel and slander laws are a violation of the first amendment.

They're civil actions but it's the government through the courts that finds you guilty and imposes punishments, seizing assets, etc. It's very hard to win cases on those things as the judiciary does its best to still make it work within the structure of the constitution but it does nonetheless restrict my ability to say "viro eats kittens" without possible penalty imposed by the government.