The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    If money were speech

    By Verified Atheist on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 11:05am |

    I was thinking some about the equivalence that has been made in the Supreme Court between money and speech. What if money actually were speech? What would that mean?

    • Trying to bribe a police officer would be the same as trying to talk him/her out of a ticket.
    • Taxation would be taking away our speech.
    • A bonus from your employer would be the same as them giving you a good talking to.
    • Prostitution would be the same as talking someone into sleeping with you.
    • Convincing someone to vote for a particular candidate would be the same as buying their vote.

    Please, contribute your own!

    Comments

    Another view on the meaningless of money=speech.


    by Verified Atheist on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 11:54am

    Well I do not understand it.

    Speaking or writing or singing is different from publication.

    Free speech as involving money seems like an oxymoron, does it not?

    How free speech became an advertising budget is beyond me.


    by Richard Day on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 1:30pm

    Being in debt would become a vow of silence.

    Listening could get you cash back awards.

    If you are poor, your mouth will be taped shut until you can afford to say something. Too bad you have to be able to talk to get money.

     

     


    by moat on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 10:16pm

    I like it!


    by Verified Atheist on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 5:51am

     

    If money were speech, long distance phone calls would be ... umm ... never mind.


    by MrSmith1 on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 11:21pm

    In the words of DickDay: hahahahah!


    by Verified Atheist on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 6:14am