A reminder that there are few friends for free speech.

-- DeSelby

no shit ! ! ! but, (here's the really uncomfortable part) *MOST* pwogwessives and their websites (including here *gasp*) do NOT 'believe in' NOR PRACTICE Free Speech...

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Please send more copies of the Constitution to the White House

George is running low on toilet paper...

-- Parson Jim

say, parson, do pwogwessives have any obligation to honor the constitution and the concept of Free Speech, or are they exempt, 'cause -you know- they are the Good Guys and only CENSOR for -you know- Good Reasons ? ? ?

ho ho ho

We have many (not a few here) that can see the control freak nature of the opposition, but not the control freak impulses of their own. They need your help there ol' sage of the net. (no, that was not sarcasm)

If all people were adults and all agreed to do these acts then the constitution protects their right to do so as does any rational idea of liberty. It may be stupid; it may be sick; it may be repulsive: but it is legal in a free country.

-- heru-ur

geezie peezie, don't i know how repulsive so-called pwogs find Free Speech to be ! ! ! you are richtig on the kontrol freak aspect: *MANY* faux progressives WANT an authoritarian regime, it is just that they want THEMSELVES (you know, the Good Guys) to be the authoritarians, NOT the (you know) Bad Gus ! ! !

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This IMHO is the kind of "stuff" that separates the true advocates of what freedom is really all about versus the pablum we "think" represents freedom. Further, the real shame of it all, as I see it, is that most people would probably go crazy with the desire to imprison this guy or just plain crucify him. Which says a whole lot about how much people understand about freedom of expression.

Glenn, my hat's off to you sir! If Salon.com had a "Fearless Freedom Warrior" award I'd nominate you.

-- KB4Hire

oopsy daisy, if saloon.com had a 'Practice What You Preach' award in regards to the constitution and Free Speech, gee gee would definitely NOT be a nominee...

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Secondarily, he is strong on free speech issues, and likely would never feel comfortable with any kind of censorship conviction. On the other hand, I don't think he would raise an eyebrow at rape or assault charges. Frankly, I tend to agree.

Canuckistan Bob

really ? "strong on free speech issues" ? really ?

does that involve ACTUALLY PRACTICING Free Speech, or just speechifying real good about abstract Free Speech ? ? ?

but, you know, i'm confused and delusional...

People here obsess over who is in power and who is not precisely because we know that the law is always defined by the powerful. Since when have the powerless ever had any say in things?

acheybreaky

true enough... and the CENSORS make the laws (sic) around here, and we are powerless otherwise...

but we call that Free Speech 'cause hypocritical pwogs close their eyes real tight when looking in the mirror...

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ho ho ho

ha ha ha

ak ak ak

art guerrilla

aka ann archy

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kitt's on patrol:

Ghandi, please cool it with the drama queen shit

gandhi philosophized:

Personally, I prefer to exercise the freedom to think and speak freely, and I assume this is a forum where I can do that.

-- gandhi

kitt gits his factoids wrong:

Yes. Did someone tell you different? I think and speak freely, and thus I "freely" spoke to you about what I thought about your post. There is no "preference" about it. It just is.

-- Kitt

oops, for pwoper pwogwessives, fwee spweech is an abstract concept to be used against one's enemies (um, the Bad Guys), and the Good Guys get a fwee pass...

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*just like* the bane of existence -the bush klavern- pwoper pwogs are 'self-policing' in adhering to principles of free speech and such...

ho ho ho

when is CENSORSHIP *NOT* CENSORSHIP ? ? ?

when pwogs *say* it ain't...

ha ha ha

but *other* (Bad Guy's) CENSORSHIP is 'bad'...

ak ak ak

(amerikan exceptionalism writ teeny tiny)

art guerrilla

aka ann archy

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...but you'd better pack your cardboard suitcases, just in case

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*cha-ching* goes the prison industrial komplex...

ho ho ho

some are less unequal than others...

ha ha ha

maybe you, 4 legs or 2 ? ? ?

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as seen on alternet, naomi wolf interviews some military guy about stationing troops in der faderland fur der kontrol of der publikan machen mitt der frei sprechen :

(wha? uh oh...

no, *you* are safe, silly, babbling babbits...)

"Given the danger do you advocate impeachment?"

"Yes. President Bush struck down Posse Comitatus -- which has prevented, with a penalty of two years in prison, U.S. leaders since after the Civil War from sending military forces into our streets -- with a 'signing statement.' He should be impeached immediately in a bipartisan process to prevent the use of military forces and mercenary forces against U.S. citizens"

"Should Americans call on senior leaders in the Military to break publicly with this action and call on their own men and women to disobey these orders?"

"Every senior military officer's loyalty should ultimately be to the Constitution. Every officer should publicly break with any illegal order, even from the President."

"But if these are now legal. If they say, 'Don't obey the Commander in Chief,' what happens to the military?"

"Perhaps they would be arrested and prosecuted as those who refuse to participate in the current illegal war. That's what would be considered a coup."

"But it's a coup already."

"Yes."

Naomi Wolf is the author of Give Me Liberty (Simon and Schuster, 2008), the sequel to the New York Times best-seller The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot (Chelsea Green, 2007).

art guerrilla

aka ann archy

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