What does Jacoby Mean When She Says She is a First Amendment Junkie

A First Amendment Junkie
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A First Amendment Junkie
In Susan Jacoby’s essay A First Amendment Junkie, what she means by saying that she is a First Amendment Junkie is that she believes totally in the 1st Amendment. The author believes in an absolute and complete interpretation of the 1st Amendment. Although in the essay Susan Jacoby mainly argues against the desire of quite a few feminists to attempt to censor pornography that heterosexual adult males find appealing, she also talks about children and television in one paragraph. This paragraph is linked to the author’s overall argument since it illustrates the general desire by people to shift responsibility from themselves to institutions. Jacoby argues that there is a link between the impulse towards censorship on individuals who considered themselves as civil libertarians and a desire of shifting responsibility from the individual to institutions. What she is saying in this paragraph is that parents should not allow their children to watch movies on television that have sexually explicit content: they should turn the television off rather than expecting the Federal Communication...