re: #69 Killgore Trout

It’s a tough issue, I’m not sure how I feel about it. Wouldn’t free speech protections apply if the speech was public or private? I can’t see why it would make a difference.

For real speech, I think first amendment protection should apply to both public and private speech (although most of the issues in practice will relate to public speech).

Money=speech bullshit is especially bad for secret donations, since that heightens the already compelling analogy this has with bribery and makes it much less like the protected promulgation of political views via open activism and speech.