[thoughtomator]

And yet, despite that, it remains the foundation of the First Amendment.

Would you care to also engage in character assassination of the Founders who thought the idea had enough merit to make it the First Amendment?

[af_vet_1981]

And yet, despite that, it remains the foundation of the First Amendment.

No, it does not remain the foundation of the First Amendment. Freedom of speech is part of the First Amendment but not the foundation of it. Religion came first. Freedom of speech has limits. It is only in the modern progressive (decadent) era that courts of extended it to madness.

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.