re: #163 Dark_Falcon

All media speech is limited to those who can pay.

That’s not true. ALl paid media speech is limited to those who can pay.

That doesn’t mean its not political speech. Just because I’ve got the money to have an ad placed, does not take away from my right to place said ad.

That’s not what I asked about, though. I’m saying that if you and I both want to convince the world of something, and you have five million dollars and I have a piece of string, you’re going to have a lot more speech than I do.

I am not saying “Therefore no paid speech should be allowed!”, I’m just pointing out that when there’s paid speech, the speech of those without money gets diminished.

Finally, it is not normally a person on their own paying for the speech, but a corporate entity— and again, it was a terrible mistake to base the rights of corporations off those of individuals, and speech is a right that is very different when used by a corporation than an individual.

As for employees of campaigns: Obviation of their speech is the price they pay for their job. It is not reasonable to expect an organization to continue to employee someone who is publicly hostile to it.

I didn’t say it wasn’t the price they paid for their job, I said it was obviation of their speech, and you’re saying that yes, it is obviating their speech.