Freedom of Speech Art in Cville
So I heard on the news today that they put up a Freedom of Speech Wall or something up in Downtown Cville. It's like a big chalk board. The boards get erased every Thursday. In the meantime, anyone can write whatever they want up on the board. Here's the catch...anyone can erase anyone else's words on the board whenever they want. The controversy is, is that really freedom of speech? One guy on the news was all angry and called it an "abomination"; there really is no freedom of speech with this policy. But then another guy they interviewed said the freedom of speech is there to protect people from government oppression. Citizens can silence who ever they want, basically. Now, I'm not that great on the First Amendment (I had Mr. Slade, God rest his soul, for AP Government). But is it true that freedom of speech only applies in a government-citizen relationship, and not per se a citizen-citizen one or student-teacher one, etc.?