Great, I was going for laughs! My dad turned 98 this year and is in shockingly good health (despite his best efforts) so I'm hoping for at least another 50!
So many reasons to be thankful for free speech, but I'll try to keep it to just a couple..
1) First and foremost, I am eternally thankful for the ability I've had to develop friendships with folks that I scream back and forth with about our different ideas, but who know that at the end of the day, no matter how much we've (angrily) disagreed, we will all have each others' backs. The ability to maintain a close friendship with people you disagree with deeply (and express it often) is something special that I wish more people were open to.
2) I'm so thankful for the community of free speech advocates generally. Whether work colleagues or colleagues at other organizations or practices, it's truly a tight-knit group of folks who share a passion and will go out of their way to help each other out personally and professionally. In fact, I would not have found myself with a First Amendment career had it not been for a practitioner (sup Marc) who took the time out of his day to talk to a miserable baby biglaw associate who wanted to do what he did, and give him the security and backbone to quit and pursue what I was interested in. I will never stop be thankful for that, and I will never stop trying to pay that kindness forward.
3) Finally, I'm thankful for First Amendment protection for profanity, because otherwise I would be in real trouble.
Thanks for all the hard work you do in protecting this most fundamental of all rights, the right that creates and bolsters all other possible rights—the right to free speech, thought and expression.
Love the video 😂 Reminds me of my families sacred tradition of sweeping anything controversial under the rug.
But in all seriousness, the idea that talking about anything controversial (politics or religion) is impolite and should be avoided, really backfired. We’ve ended up with people either taking great lengths to avoid confrontation, or people who are so reactive to opposing views their overcome with anger.
About free speech. And its limits. Like copyright and trademark. What do you think the implications are for using intellectual property owned by someone else created by an AI that essentially stole millions of hours of others work to produce the illustration associated with this image?
Interesting video. Not sure that it captures the complexity and subtlety of family gatherings. Let me try to summarize the message of the video. Some people are not able to deal with dissent and through their own actions will end up as loners. Is that a fair summary?
Greg: “I turned 50 this year, which means I'm officially in my dotage.”
I turned 83 this month and I am thankful for the laughter I enjoy at the thought of someone turning 50 thinking he is in his dotage. 😎
Great, I was going for laughs! My dad turned 98 this year and is in shockingly good health (despite his best efforts) so I'm hoping for at least another 50!
Free speech...is a necessary part of any meaningful education.
So many reasons to be thankful for free speech, but I'll try to keep it to just a couple..
1) First and foremost, I am eternally thankful for the ability I've had to develop friendships with folks that I scream back and forth with about our different ideas, but who know that at the end of the day, no matter how much we've (angrily) disagreed, we will all have each others' backs. The ability to maintain a close friendship with people you disagree with deeply (and express it often) is something special that I wish more people were open to.
2) I'm so thankful for the community of free speech advocates generally. Whether work colleagues or colleagues at other organizations or practices, it's truly a tight-knit group of folks who share a passion and will go out of their way to help each other out personally and professionally. In fact, I would not have found myself with a First Amendment career had it not been for a practitioner (sup Marc) who took the time out of his day to talk to a miserable baby biglaw associate who wanted to do what he did, and give him the security and backbone to quit and pursue what I was interested in. I will never stop be thankful for that, and I will never stop trying to pay that kindness forward.
3) Finally, I'm thankful for First Amendment protection for profanity, because otherwise I would be in real trouble.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks for all the hard work you do in protecting this most fundamental of all rights, the right that creates and bolsters all other possible rights—the right to free speech, thought and expression.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Love the video 😂 Reminds me of my families sacred tradition of sweeping anything controversial under the rug.
But in all seriousness, the idea that talking about anything controversial (politics or religion) is impolite and should be avoided, really backfired. We’ve ended up with people either taking great lengths to avoid confrontation, or people who are so reactive to opposing views their overcome with anger.
About free speech. And its limits. Like copyright and trademark. What do you think the implications are for using intellectual property owned by someone else created by an AI that essentially stole millions of hours of others work to produce the illustration associated with this image?
Interesting video. Not sure that it captures the complexity and subtlety of family gatherings. Let me try to summarize the message of the video. Some people are not able to deal with dissent and through their own actions will end up as loners. Is that a fair summary?