During our Unit 4 lecture about the eight values of free expression as told through the lens of a bunch of white dudes with relatively minimal amounts oppressive experience through various points in history. I'm very curious to know how many people of prominent minority identity had a say about the values on this list. Any who, of the 8, I think I'm the least discomforted by the theory presented by Vince Blasi which states that we as the individual people are part of the checks and balances of the government. I like this law for the same reason I love twitter (See Post 1); Because the government will focus it's efforts on what we as the people keep buzzing about. But in a more traditional interpretation of this value it's important to analyze how the checks and balances of the government work and then view how the individual is bolstered by it. In class we discussed how the bill of rights is what allows there to be vertical and horizontal check and balances for the gove...
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