Posted on 03/19/2015 6:12:41 AM PDT by C19fan
Does she have no idea how ironic is is to push for speech codes in the 'land of the free'?
If not intended as satirical, the statement reveals the writer's delusion. The laws to which the writer refers, not only clearly interfere with freedom of speech; they absolutely deny the freedom of religion. For the parallel attack on the latter in America, by those who pretend to champion the former, see Leftwing Word Games.
Of course, the writer would destroy not only religious freedom. By forbidding criticism of idiotic ideas that in any normal human era would have been recognized as absurd--for example, the forced acceptance of a complete change in the whole concept of marriage & the family--the woman would mandate social chaos.
This is a good find, on your part, as it illustrates just how far the Leftist disassociation with reality has gone.
William Flax
"The Supreme Court of Canada has also found that truthful statements can be classified as illegal hate speech, and that not all truthful statements must be free from restriction."
It is a sight to behold. I encourage all freepers to read the comments. Every time I see one of these types of articles people dedicated to freedom tear the author a new one.
......Aaaannnnd, just as predicted, the FCC takeover of the internet will mean Hate Speech laws, which will be defined as any criticism of gays, muslims, liberals, or the government.
It’s used to protect liberal hatred all the time.
There is NOTHING in the First Amendment about KINDS of speech. The First Amendment was about ALL speech, not just political speech.
The words that always ignored are “CONGRESS shall make no law...”
Congress is prohibited by the First Amendment from making any law about speech. The STATES are not prohibited from making some laws about speech.
The real problem is the phony “incorporation doctrine.”
Nope, didn't think so.
Explains why Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini were so popular!
PJ media seems to have commentary on this author from the month of January: http://pjmedia.com/michaelwalsh/2015/01/14/got-hate-part-deux-the-return-of-tanya-cohen/
I sent an email to the rag that published this article. Nothing obscene, just some questions and suggestions, including the suggestion that Ms. Cohen seek professional help.
Liberals, don't cha know?
No, the First Amendment is as it should be. What is missing is an Antidefamation League. And lawsuits against the FCC and the FEC for blatant violations of the freedom of the press. The salient fallacy in journalism is the conceit of objectivity. It is fine to say you are trying to be objective - and laudable if you actually try to do it - but the reality is that if you claim that you actually are objective, that is proof of the contrary.If you claim to be objective, you cannot be conducting the introspection which is implied in the actual attempt to be objective. If you assume a priori that where you stand does not depend on where you sit, how are you to actually try to discern the contrary?
Any wire service is a virtual meeting of the membership thereof. And, according to Adam Smith, people of the same trade seldom meet together about anything but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public. It follows that the AP in particular and the wire services in general should be under strict scrutiny, at the very least, for antitrust violations. And what would their conspiracy naturally turn to? Journalists want their talk to be important. What else would you expect but that they would conspire to denigrate “the man who is actually in the arena” in favor of “the critic?” Naturally they would turn to advocacy of socialism, which is nothing else but cynicism directed at the very possibility of excellence “in the arena.”
She should change the name of her website to “Thought Control”.
Thanks for posting this. If it’s not satire, it shows the full, horrific, totalitarian content of a supposedly “tolerant” leftist’s mind than almost any other article I have read. It’s a perfect example of “slavery is freedom” leftist thinking. Because of that, it’s definitely not entitled to a barf alert.
She learned all this totalitarian crap in college. We need to treat it as the threat it represents. Free speech on college campuses is dying thanks to likes of Ms. Cohen.
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