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Misunderstanding Free Speech
The Washington Times ^ | 4/19/2012

Posted on 04/19/2012 1:01:48 PM PDT by Michael Tergent

Recently Ozzie Guillen, the manager of the Miami Marlins baseball team, said that he admired Fidel Castro. It was ignorant and perhaps stupid, and has created a mini firestorm in southern Florida. The comment has caused a fairly predictable reaction from many including the media, particularly in this case, the sports media. The belief that we are constitutionally guaranteed the right to free speech, and with that freedom we can say whatever we want without consequence is false.

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TOPICS: Education; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: constitution; freedom; government; limbaugh
Ozzie is an example of the consequences of what you say.
1 posted on 04/19/2012 1:01:56 PM PDT by Michael Tergent
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