Because of this amendment, all our national parks have sad little areas by the entrance with a little brown metal sign that says “Free Speech Area.” That means that any US citizen, myself included, can go stand in front of that sign and start ranting and raving about how the animals are naked and the trees are too tall and the gift shops never have keychains with your name on them, as long as what we’re raving about doesn’t break some other law, like screaming about how you’re going to kill the president. There are limits. We get to do that because the national parks are run by the government
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