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Which best describes how Tinker v. Des Moines expanded protected speech under the First Amendment?

The decision affirmed the protection of unpopular opinions.
The decision affirmed the protection of symbolic speech.
The decision affirmed the protection of all political speech.
The decision affirmed the protection of minors’ speech rights.

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The decision affirmed the protection of symbolic speech.

Tinker held that students wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War were engaging in symbolic political speech protected by the First Amendment, so long as it does not substantially disrupt school operations.