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To: Yo-Yo
Perhaps we should require formal government mandated training and licensing before anyone is able to exercise their First Amendment rights, like they force on people who wish to exercise their Second Amendment rights.

No, the answer to speech we don't like is more speech, not regulation.

Dogma answer. Yeah, I know the spiel. Consider for a moment the possibility that you have not adequately considered the problem.

Liberals:
1. Billion watt transmitters shrieking out their opinions and preferred dogma.
2. Constellations of satellite networks to carry the opinions of Liberal Democrat Union Members from New York to all corners of the nation.
3. Entire Industry dedicated to creating movie entertainment with explicitly liberal premises infused into the plots.
4. Complete control of all the switching gear and major industries currently operating the internet.
5. Nearly all magazines and newspapers.

You:
1. Guy on a computer typing rants into the cyber wilderness.
2. Can go up to the court house steps and opine to the birds.

The realities of "freedom of speech" is *they* have the right to freedom of speech, and you don't. *They* control all means of addressing the public, and they routinely censor opinions such as yours.

The days are over when printing presses and public speaking rendered everyone on an equal footing. Nowadays, whoever controls "SkyNet" brainwashes everyone else with their opinions.

Yes, with *ALL* the marbles on the other side, we should be very concerned that regulation might cause *US* problems.

6 posted on 09/22/2016 1:02:14 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

You forgot that the lone (formerly?) conservative voice, Fox News, has the highest ratings.

You do NOT want to open up the “fairness doctrine” can of worms, really you don’t.


11 posted on 09/22/2016 1:21:23 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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