The Hate Speech Inquisition

Townhall.com ^ | January 19, 2011 | Michelle Malkin

[Scanian]

There isn't a shred of evidence that deranged Tucson massacre suspect Jared Loughner ever listened to talk radio or cared about illegal immigration. Indeed, after 300 exhaustive interviews, the feds "remain stumped" about his motives, according to Tuesday's Washington Post. But that hasn't stopped a coalition of power-grabbing politicians, progressive activists and open-borders lobbyists from plying their quack cure for the American body politic: government-sponsored speech suppression.

In the immediate aftermath of the shooting rampage, Democratic leaders mused openly about reintroducing the Orwellian "Fairness Doctrine" -- a legislative sledgehammer targeting conservative viewpoints on public airwaves. New York Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter assailed the Federal Communications Commission for failing to police broadcast content and vowed to "look into" more aggressive language monitoring. Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Ed Markey blamed "incendiary rhetoric" for triggering "unstable individuals to take violent action." In his own manifesto calling for resurrection of the Fairness Doctrine, Democratic Rep. James Clyburn pressed public officials to "rethink parameters on free speech."

This week's fashionable new media meme is to deride talk radio hosts for taking these speech-squelching threats seriously. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Jay Bookman sneered at the "persecution complex" of conservative broadcasters who reacted to Slaughter and company. Politico's Keach Hagey dismissed concerns about the Democrats' chilling campaign against right-leaning media outlets and knocked conservative talkers' "defensive posture." (Sound familiar? This is the same tactic they used against Sarah Palin and all those on the right falsely accused of being accessories to the Tucson massacre: Attack 'em. Attack 'em for responding. Accuse the smear victims of playing the victim card. Repeat.)

[Gene Eric]

>> Malkin: Make no mistake: The Hate Speech Inquisition is real.

Indeed, it is.

The sick aspect of all this is the devious association between the words ‘hate’ and ‘speech’. And not to forget, the word ‘hate’ used to have something of a benign meaning.

The “Hate Speech” advocates need to be challenged more forcefully by the “Free Speech” advocates.

[AlexW]

“There isn’t a shred of evidence that deranged Tucson massacre suspect Jared Loughner ever listened to talk radio or
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To the Marxist, that is totally immaterial.
One only has to listen to Rahm Emanuel...
“Never let a crisis go to waste.”
That is the key strategy for the Marxist... Facts be damned.

[Vinnie]

I say bring... it... on !

There is enough liberal ‘kill’ speech quotations to sink their ship.

Look in the Bill Maher, Keith Olberman archives for starters. And they have a TV audience also.

Just need a republican leadership with enough cojones to hoist the liberals on their own petard.
So far that’s a negative, as usual.

[FDNYRHEROES]

There isn't a shred of evidence that deranged Tucson massacre suspect Jared Loughner ever listened to talk radio or cared about illegal immigration. Indeed, after 300 exhaustive interviews, the feds "remain stumped" about his motives, according to Tuesday's Washington Post. But that hasn't stopped a coalition of power-grabbing politicians, progressive activists and open-borders lobbyists from plying their quack cure for the American body politic: government-sponsored speech suppression.

Maybe he is suffering from a brain tumour like Charles Whitman did in 1966...I'm sure that no one would explore that possibility because that would cut-off all the liberal political rhetoric overnight.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

3:48 minute YouTubeVideo worth your time Rex Murphy on the Arizona shooting rampage

[Hardraade]

Well, there’s a lot of hate speech around. The libs hate when anyone else speaks.

[NCLaw441]

Shouldn’t Ms. SLAUGHTER change her name?

[vanilla swirl]

“the feds “remain stumped” about his motives”

“the guy’s a nut”, easy answer.
“MKULTRA”, a more likely but harder to swallow answer.

Reasons? A good excuse to demonize conservatives and useless eaters.

[vanilla swirl]

I also think this may be an MKULTRA gone wrong. Jared Loughner expected to be dead after his rampage. Now he can be examined and it will be obvious to most that has nothing to do with talk radio, the tea party, etc. If he were dead that might be a little harder to prove.

[Steely Tom]

If he were dead that might be a little harder to prove.

The same might have been said of a guy named Jim McDougal, and look where he is today.

[Carley]

The libs in government and in media are attempting to enforce Pakistan’s blasphemy laws on patriotic Americans who dare to criticize the communist left.

[Scanian]

How do we know he isn’t aware of the leftst smears now and won’t throw in a monkey wrench by telling interrogators-—or psychiatrists-—that he WAS influenced by talk radio or Sarah Palin?

Then, there is his lefty lawyer, Judy Clarke. Who knows what she has up her sleeve?

[Scanian]

OR Islam.

[JRios1968]

Not like we didn't expect it...

[vanilla swirl]

“If he were dead that might be a little harder to prove.

The same might have been said of a guy named Jim McDougal, and look where he is today. “

I had forgotten about Jim;

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