re: #142 iossarian

I’ve never been a big fan of the “important person says X, therefore X must be true” line of argument.

Do you disagree that the current state of affairs privileges the speech rights of the rich over those of the poor?

Um.
The Supreme Court is a bit different than “important person X”, and the decisions there carry different weight than those of “important person X”.

And I don’t understand why you believe the rich have greater free speech “privileges” than the poor?

Perhaps the wealth gives them greater access to the vehicles of speech; but it doesn’t give them greater privilege, does it?