Post #3595 by onepoorguy on the US Policy board

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Do you think a collection of random bureaucrats should have the power to throw out the First Amendment?

They already do. As albaby has explained at various times, the 1st Amendment isn't carte-blanche. There are limits (though, apparently, yelling "fire" in a crowded theater isn't actually one of them!). Those were decided by bureaucrats, and in any cases that made it that far, affirmed by SCOTUS.

The second part is trickier. Yes, I would rather decide for myself. But, GIGO applies. If people have garbage information, they will make garbage (mostly likely) decisions. Which is why misinformation is potentially so incredibly dangerous. How to control/limit misinformation is the really tricky bit, and I don't have a good answer.

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