Amendment 1

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.



I find this video both hilarious and ironic. In the video the crew try to see how man people they can get to sign a "petition" to repeal the first amendment of the US constitution. The answer is way too many. They get people to sign it by telling them that it would stop "hate speech" and would stop disagreements with the president. Most people that sign the "petition" did so in good intentions, but failed to realize the actual consequences such an action would have if what they were signing was actually a petition. Many people don't realize that while you may not agree with what another person is saying or why they are saying it, they still have the right to say it. The irony in this is that the freedom to sign this petition derives from the very thing that it says it will repeal.



This cartoon is a parody of how passionately the NRA defends the right to bear arms. If there were an agency this devoted to protecting the first amendment, it would likely look much like this...