late 14c., "unrestricted, free from limitation; complete, perfect, free from imperfection;" also "not relative to something else" (mid-15c.), from Latin absolutus, past participle of absolvere "to set free, acquit; complete, bring to an end; make separate," from ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + solvere "to loosen, untie, release, detach," from PIE *se-lu-, from reflexive pronoun *s(w)e- (see idiom) + root *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart."
Sense evolution probably was from "detached, disengaged" to "perfect, pure." Meaning "despotic" (1610s) is from notion of "absolute in position;" absolute monarchy is recorded from 1735 (absolute king is recorded from 1610s). Grammatical sense is from late 14c.
Absolute magnitude (1902) is the brightness a star would have at a distance of 10 parsecs (or 32.6 light years); scientific absolute value is from 1907. As a noun in metaphysics, the absolute "that which is unconditional or free from restriction; the non-relative" is from 1809.
When you go to confession, what do you get? Absolution?
In this sense free speech is absolute! It is unrestricted, complete, however, not all speech is free from imperfection. But that is what human speech is, the way we employ it, and the words we use.
The development of meaning is exemplary of this.
Is free speech the most high right? No. Liberty is the most high right. No human right is above this, as an overall right.
Free speech is "just" part of a complex of rights connected to our properties: speech, vision, hearing, sensing, smelling, tasting, thinking, movement, traveling, transmuting, associating, etc, are all consequences of human properties.
Free speech, however, is fundamental to a vibrant, resilient body politic engaged in the biggest experiment in self governance.
Accepting this designation of absolute, is plain stupid. Do not get suckered into their swamp language, as the word absolute is not found in the declaration of independence, Bill of Rights, or Constitution.
The left is simply employing a sophistry hoping for your stupidity. The same with sensible gunrights. Their is only one, the 2nd A.
Note the development in meaning:
absolute (adj.)
late 14c., "unrestricted, free from limitation; complete, perfect, free from imperfection;" also "not relative to something else" (mid-15c.), from Latin absolutus, past participle of absolvere "to set free, acquit; complete, bring to an end; make separate," from ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + solvere "to loosen, untie, release, detach," from PIE *se-lu-, from reflexive pronoun *s(w)e- (see idiom) + root *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart."
Sense evolution probably was from "detached, disengaged" to "perfect, pure." Meaning "despotic" (1610s) is from notion of "absolute in position;" absolute monarchy is recorded from 1735 (absolute king is recorded from 1610s). Grammatical sense is from late 14c.
Absolute magnitude (1902) is the brightness a star would have at a distance of 10 parsecs (or 32.6 light years); scientific absolute value is from 1907. As a noun in metaphysics, the absolute "that which is unconditional or free from restriction; the non-relative" is from 1809.
When you go to confession, what do you get? Absolution?
In this sense free speech is absolute! It is unrestricted, complete, however, not all speech is free from imperfection. But that is what human speech is, the way we employ it, and the words we use.
The development of meaning is exemplary of this.
Is free speech the most high right? No. Liberty is the most high right. No human right is above this, as an overall right.
Free speech is "just" part of a complex of rights connected to our properties: speech, vision, hearing, sensing, smelling, tasting, thinking, movement, traveling, transmuting, associating, etc, are all consequences of human properties.
Free speech, however, is fundamental to a vibrant, resilient body politic engaged in the biggest experiment in self governance.
Accepting this designation of absolute, is plain stupid. Do not get suckered into their swamp language, as the word absolute is not found in the declaration of independence, Bill of Rights, or Constitution.
The left is simply employing a sophistry hoping for your stupidity. The same with sensible gunrights. Their is only one, the 2nd A.