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To: Publius Valerius

The Federalist Papers were anonymous because of the fear of reprisals for the expression of political opinions. The anarchists are free to state their opinions openly, and they do so - but they wear masks to protect them in the commission of crimes, which is an entirely different matter.


12 posted on 05/03/2012 9:15:34 AM PDT by livius
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To: livius

I’d agree that there is a difference between wearing a mask and throwing a brick and wearing a mask and making a political speech, but anonymous speech has a long and important history in this country, and it deserves to be protected.


23 posted on 05/03/2012 9:22:46 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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