Be Worth Your Freedom

BC Magazing ^ | 7/25/07 | John Bambenek

[indigo5]

The filer of the FEC complaint against the DailyKos lashes out in a recent article.

The argument is that political speech should be free of the FEC all together, so I shouldn't be filing complaints. Let me get this straight, because you're free to blog we should ignore the myriad people who do have to register with the FEC and are subjected to their onerous rules? Free speech is vindicated as long as bloggers can post their half-baked unthinking diatribes to the web, even though hundreds and thousands of others who actually do have intelligent contributions are silenced by the FEC? I want everyone to pay attention to the next quote; this is your media sound bite from me for the day:

This "I've Got Mine" attitude to freedom that allows people to overlook to censorship of other Americans simply because they're not currently in the cross-hairs is as disgraceful as it is un-American. The rights apply universal of the media chosen. The fact that so many people are willing to overlook the FEC regulation of other forms of political speech simply because they don't have to worry about it is a strong public statement that they are undeserving of their freedom. I refuse to live in fear of my government. This is a free nation where the power is from the people. I'm not going to adopt weird détente stances that allow me to overlook the abuses of freedom of others simply because I'm not caught up in it. I will not be afraid to petition my government to change bad and unpopular laws. I'm frankly ashamed that so many of my fellow bloggers and journalists would rather quake in fear in front of the FEC. They work for us, not vice versa. Start acting like it.

[AmericanGunner]

[camle]

arrogant sucker, eh?

aside from questionable grammar, etc., and not making a whole lot of sense, it sounds like because we’re not on HIS bandwagon that he thinks that we’re illigitimate.

I have opinions about people like this.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

aside from questionable grammar, etc., and not making a whole lot of sense, it sounds like because we’re not on HIS bandwagon that he thinks that we’re illigitimate.

You misspelled "illegitimate," and the first word of a sentence is supposed to be capitalized.

His point is that McCain-Feingold is bad law that Lefties like Markos Moulitsas Zúniga (Kos) love.

Bring them under its venue, and they might change their minds.