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The first amendment protects speech from government censorship or regulation. Even that is not absolute.

Dahlia Lithwick describes Trumps abuses thus in her very very good book, "Lady Justice": "From accusations about "fake news" and claims about censorship and deplatforming, Trump's great gift lay in recasting First Amendment liberties as weapons to be used against other institutions."(Page 71)

Even better is an observation about certain people who can't be constrained by what are often called "guardrails". I'm not going to quote it (it's on page 92). Lithwick is writing in a related context, not directly about Trump, but she provides another categorization for Trump that rings true as a complement to "narcissist." Another "n" word -haha!

Strongly recommend "Lady Justice"!!!

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