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             Howard Zinn is an author who, from what I've read, shows his views on history from a more realistic point of view. He supports his opinions with evidence from primary sources of the time period. Some of his perception of historical events is different from that presented by modern day history books. In an excerpt from his book Zinn argues that "to depend on the simple existence of the First Amendment to guarantee our freedom of expression is a serious mistake, one that can cost us not only our liberties but, under certain circumstances, our lives" . He is challenging what the "founding fathers" based the rights that are presented to us in the first amendment on. He says that the alien and sedition acts that were passed by congress in 1798 were impeding on the first amendment rights of the American people. While he makes valid points throughout the article about the value of free speech and that people really don't have free speech I can
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