27th May 2004, 2:22 AM
Yes they do.
But like I said, exercising free speech has consequences. Getting thrown out of somewhere could well be one of them. It depends on the venue and who is in charge of it.
The Constitution guarantees that you have the right to free speech. It does not guarantee the right to make anyone listen to you. It also does not guarantee that you have the right to free speech in private venues. ALL that it guarantees is that the government itself will not harm you for speaking.
And even that's not absolute. Say, you stand in the street and start yelling out classified information. You don't have the right to do that, and if you were to try, you WOULD be punished harshly by the government, completely within the boundaries of the Constitution. No freedom is absolute.
But like I said, exercising free speech has consequences. Getting thrown out of somewhere could well be one of them. It depends on the venue and who is in charge of it.
The Constitution guarantees that you have the right to free speech. It does not guarantee the right to make anyone listen to you. It also does not guarantee that you have the right to free speech in private venues. ALL that it guarantees is that the government itself will not harm you for speaking.
And even that's not absolute. Say, you stand in the street and start yelling out classified information. You don't have the right to do that, and if you were to try, you WOULD be punished harshly by the government, completely within the boundaries of the Constitution. No freedom is absolute.
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