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Chris Walters
"Freedom of Speech" is a RIGHT guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. Tavis Smiley was NOT ARRESTED for freely speaking; THAT would've..."Freedom of Speech" is a RIGHT guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. Tavis Smiley was NOT ARRESTED for freely speaking; THAT would've been a violation of his right to "Freedom of Speech". In this nation we have the right to freely speak what we wanna speak but we also have to face the consequences of whatever we speak. An employee has the RIGHT to call his/her boss an A-HOLE if he/she desires. That employee will NOT be arrested but the consequence of getting FIRED is expected. When you speak freely as a PUBLIC figure, you should expect that many in the public won't like what you have to say and thus have the right to oppose you however they wish. Like it, love it, or hate it, Tavis exercised his Freedom of Speech as did those who opposed him.
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8 years ago


Tavis Smiley, the PBS talk show host who has criticized President Barack Obama for not doing enough for the African-American community, says he was ousted as the speaker at a Martin Luther King luncheon because he was trying to hold the president accountable.
“I don’t see my role as one of criticizing the president. I see my role as one of holding the president — this and every other president — accountable,” Smiley said
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