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1 posted on 10/06/2019 6:16:48 PM PDT by Rummyfan

To: Rummyfan

I support Free Speech. But I want libel and slander laws beefed up so that the media can lose a boatload of money if they lie to us.

2 posted on 10/06/2019 6:21:06 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)

To: Rummyfan

"He also proposes government subsidies for the kind of speech of which he approves..."

We already have too damn much PBS and NPR, thank you.

3 posted on 10/06/2019 6:22:47 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)

To: Rummyfan

“Imagine how they’d complain if someone tried to treat the First Amendment the way they treat the Second Amendment!”

Heck, the left is already doing a pretty good job of killing the First Amendment.

4 posted on 10/06/2019 6:29:48 PM PDT by antidemoncrat

To: Rummyfan

Not even Tipper Gore is Tipper Gore anymore.
Not in the same way, at least.
She and Al got divorced back in 2012 and is still
‘on the market’!

5 posted on 10/06/2019 6:54:41 PM PDT by lee martell

To: Rummyfan

Andrew Marantz of The New Yorker. Writing in the New York Times under the headline “Free Speech Is Killing Us”

In a way, he's right. We have a free press but nowhere near a fair press. The power to distort and the power to omit is indeed a lot of power.

7 posted on 10/06/2019 7:00:48 PM PDT by libertylover (Democrats hated Lincoln too.)

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