[Sabertooth]

There have been several posts recently advocating a plan to engage in illegal activities, that is, to break the new law restricting our free speech rights. Though I sympathize with the posters, Free Republic is not to be used to advocate illegal activities, thus these posts have all been deleted.

Totally understandable.

There will be appropriate challenges to CFR, and those who wish to engage in civil disobedience can do so on their own. But during those days, it's going to be crucial to keep FR squeaky clean, because many other alternative voices might be shut down for a while.

Thanks, Jim.

[Doug Loss]

As the one who originated those threads, I think a little comment is in order. The first thread did advocate civil disobedience toward the law and was probably rightfully deleted, although advocating potentially disobeying a law that isn't yet on the books seems pretty theoretical to me. The second thread was discussing civil disobedience in general and when it is justified; I couldn't see any reason for that one to be removed at all.