Posted on 01/23/2007 12:39:23 AM PST by atomic conspiracy
Edited on 01/23/2007 8:09:47 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
"....an international incident that has pitted military supporters against free speech advocates and threatens to shut down the local company."
Do those who disagree with the company's e-mail not also have the right of free speech? No reasonable person would countenance death threats but your wording does not make this distinction. Somehow, any statement disagreeing with the anti-war e-mail is in opposition to free speech. In placing "military supporters" on one side and diametrically opposing them with "free speech advocates" your own words leave no room for any other conclusion.
Contrary to leftist dogma and the invited inference in your article, the Constitution does not grant immunity to criticism or disagreement. To pretend otherwise does not support free speech, it supports fascism.
Take a look at the "quotables" box at the link if there is any remaining doubt about the MJS's bias
Well, we know who works there.
These leftists are nuts. They attack conservatives from Pres. Bush on down for their political views every day.
You reap what you sow. No pity here.
BINGO! The same, tired old screed. Hey, the left says, you can't attack free speech, so shut up! Apparently, most of the left thinks free speech means leftist propoganda, free of criticism.
Someone at the company made this political, and now bloggers and radio aren't supposed to comment on it? I guess that "free speech" doesn't apply to them.
This Orwellian interpretation of free speech is the absolute essense of totalitarian activism. The idea that leftists are immune to criticism is bizarre but 40 years of media indoctrination have ensured that it reaches every nook and cranny of American society. It is the default response to criticism for all leftists, implying that their rights are somehow violated when someone disagrees with them. We heard it from the Dixie Chicks, we hear it from rank-and-file liberals on person in the street interviews. Millions are intimidated by it, because they do not know what their own rights are.
Web Site Kicks Sand in Faces of GIs in Iraq Asking for Mats to Ease Hardship of Sleeping on Ground
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,245718,00.html
(video link called 'Request denied' about half way down.
"This is a matter of free speech," said Julie Enslow, an organizer with Peace Action Wisconsin in Milwaukee. "It is totally irresponsible for radio stations and bloggers to attack a person for his personal political views."
It always amazes me how little people understand how freedom of speech works in America - the give and take. Let's see how Alexis De Tocqueville described it back in 1835:
"In America, the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion: within these barriers, an author may write what he pleases; but woe to him if he goes beyond them."
up this company's River Wazoo on a rusty meathook...well fouled with salt...
A classic example of poor screening by personnel...
Better known as "Poison L"...and lack of defined SOP's...
up this company's River Wazoo on a rusty meathook...well fouled with salt...
A classic example of poor screening by personnel...
Better known as "Poison L"...and lack of defined SOP's...
It looks like the mat company is middle eastern owned and operated. It is no big surprise that one of the employees acted out in this way.
Please add their hypocritical leftist allies to that. Without the support of the left and the leftist media, the Islamic terrorists would be less than nothing. Make no mistake, free speech is the left's ultimate target. That is where we get this weird idea of pretending that disagreement with the left somehow violates their rights. Two generations of Americans are so heavily indoctrinated by left-media that they don't realize they do have the right to disagree with lefties in public. Stalin made it a crime to criticize his regime, America's left is well on its way to doing the same.
The 'left' in this country will not succeed. They'll be wiped out in a civil war if in the end that is what it takes to stop them.
Oh. comeon now, It was John Kerry that answered that e-mail, and he was trying to make a joke. The problem is that conservatives don't understand liberal jokes. /sarc
It gives me no joy to say so, but I think that is exactly what it will take.
Wonderful post!
Ditto.
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