Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” ― Benjamin Franklin, Silence Dogood, The Busy-Body, and Early Writings “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” -- George Washington “Because if you dont stand up for the stuff you dont like, when they come for the stuff you do like, youve already lost.” ― Neil Gaiman The Preamble to the Bill of Rights (notice it’s called the Bill of RIGHTS not the Bill of Privileges) begins with this little nugget… THE Conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: So the Bill of Rights was written down after the Constitution was ratified to remind the government (and the people of the United States) what Rights the government could NOT touch. Thomas Jefferson would call these Rights “unalienable.” quiet free speech Here is the full text of the First Amendment to the Constitution – ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hate speech laws are insidious because while sounding noble and just, they actually encourage the evil of totalitarianism. Liberals are often fond of explaining to conservatives that because culture changes so too should our laws and our governments change. On the flip side of that, Mr. Liberal, is the truth that because culture changes it is all the more important to ensure that some laws do not. Read more at eaglerising/9431/uh-oh-51-democrats-support-making-speech-illegal/#YLKkwIvIwKSr89e0.99
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:04:23 +0000
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