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"Under our Constitution, free speech is not a right that is given only to be so circumscribed that it exists in principle, but not in fact. Freedom of expression would not truly exist if the right could be exercised only in an area that a benevolent government has provided as a safe haven for crackpots." which is the best summary of the passage?

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In his majority opinion on Tinker v. Des Moines, Justice Fortas argues that free speech would not truly exist if people could only express their opinion in a designated place.
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Free speech would not truly exist if people could only express their opinion in a designated place.

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It wouldn't be free speech as you could just express yourself in certain places provided by other people.

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