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To: FreeInWV

Is freedom of speech include shouting "fire" in a crowded theater?

Please read my post in http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689983/posts.


12 posted on 08/25/2006 11:45:31 AM PDT by El Oviedo
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To: El Oviedo

No, but dissenting and even abhorrent ideas do not an immediate danger to people's security.

Do you remember when Hillary wanted to become "gatekeeper of the internet"? Do you remember when her husband demonized constitutional militias and declared them to be enemies of the state, not because they had ever done anything illegal, but merely because their popularity was affecting his ratings? Do you remember calls to get rid of Rush and Fox News, because they did not parrot the MSM line? What about McCarthy and his lists?

I feel the NYT disclosing security secrets would correspond to shouting "fire", but not someone sharing political, religious or philosophical ideas. The right to express dissent is what keeps us off a totalitarian path (like Zimbabwe is on).


14 posted on 08/25/2006 1:53:45 PM PDT by FreeInWV
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