So this is the 1A / First Amendment group, and I thought I'd talk briefly about why I formed this group and what 1A means to me.
I want to start by explaining that though Freedom of Speech is the focus of this group, that does not mean that I believe that anyone should be able to say anything they want wherever they like. Community moderation is a good and valuable tool and I fully support its use and application.
That said, I also believe that any legal speech which does not slander or defame another and does not cause harm through recklessness should, as a rule, be assumed to be legal and treated as such.
What does this mean? It means that we can't expect not to be offended, and we can't expect to be immune from words that are hateful, vile and obscene.
It also means that we can and should expect that people will not lie about us in ways that do us harm, and that people will not make false statements which cause us to act in ways that are dangerous.
After the fold, I'll explain a few specific concepts that I consider to be integral to these ideas and how we draw these boundaries.