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sadbear

(4,340 posts)
16. Don't know about silencing it
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 12:22 AM
Mar 2012

But there certainly needs to be a direct mechanism for responding to all of its lies.

Don't forget the overt racist Mike "Weiner" Savage. Dawson Leery Mar 2012 #1
OP is a few years too late BanTheGOP Mar 2012 #32
Since when did the executive branch of government have the power to lay taxes? What constitution SlimJimmy Mar 2012 #33
Our constitution states that the Executive Branch can enact emergency actions such as this BanTheGOP Mar 2012 #34
No it doesn't. The powers granted in the Constitution are very specific. Laying taxes is not a SlimJimmy Mar 2012 #37
Your constitution may say that, but then again, I don't know what planet you're living on onenote Mar 2012 #44
If only we didn't have that pesky 1st amendment n/t arcane1 Mar 2012 #2
Absolutely. How inconvenient. Actually, this post sounds uncomfortably razorman Mar 2012 #6
We already have horrifying validation of the OP's premise Occulus Mar 2012 #14
Exactly Meiko Mar 2012 #38
Sure is a shame we have that inconvenient Constitution standing in the way The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #3
it does get in the way of a good totalitarian system...n/t stop them Mar 2012 #4
Totalitarianism Is What They Support And Advocate TheMastersNemesis Mar 2012 #9
Rather than silence, perhaps accountability and some Lionessa Mar 2012 #13
You must not be a Tutsi cockroach izquierdista Mar 2012 #11
Check out this thread from the OP RZM Mar 2012 #17
The 1st amendment has been stretched to mean anything which means it means nothing. mmonk Mar 2012 #27
I don't know Meiko Mar 2012 #39
Money is speech and corporations are people. mmonk Mar 2012 #40
I'm going to have to join the others who have cited the First Amendment here slackmaster Mar 2012 #5
Hear, hear. If those assholes can be silenced, so can the more vocal elements on the left. razorman Mar 2012 #8
I think bad ideas SHOULD be aired so that people can discuss them and figure out for themselves... slackmaster Mar 2012 #10
I'm with you there. If we start silencing people because we detected a "code" in their language, razorman Mar 2012 #31
I'm always right as well, but I have another advantage over most people slackmaster Mar 2012 #36
What They Are Doing Goes Beyond Just Disagreement. TheMastersNemesis Mar 2012 #7
They never cross the line into outright incitement SomethingFishy Mar 2012 #18
"The system is working exactly like it's supposed to." Occulus Mar 2012 #22
No, we don't have that right. nt bowens43 Mar 2012 #21
the killing of the Arab women? Enrique Mar 2012 #12
Right on! Who wants freedom of the press if it means we can't silence those we disagree with? nt Speck Tater Mar 2012 #15
Don't know about silencing it sadbear Mar 2012 #16
Left Silenced By Ownership All The Time TheMastersNemesis Mar 2012 #19
We can win on the merit of our ideas alone sadbear Mar 2012 #25
we don't need to silence anyone. bowens43 Mar 2012 #20
I Do Not Consider Them Fellow Americans. TheMastersNemesis Mar 2012 #23
yeah? Well YOUR delusions don't hold sway. cali Mar 2012 #29
I agree, they are deliberately killing this country, one piece at a time. Major Hogwash Mar 2012 #42
Are you saying that liberals who stand up for the first amendment are 'dissenting?' RZM Mar 2012 #43
Check out my thread in the Activism topic section. Major Hogwash Mar 2012 #45
OP said he wanted to RZM Mar 2012 #46
we need to minimize the hate bait for the listeners with exposure of the evil intent of race baiting opihimoimoi Mar 2012 #24
Lets Go After the Real Crap Spreaders shagnasty Mar 2012 #26
nope. sorry. the 1st amendment actually has meaning- although clearly not to YOU cali Mar 2012 #28
Yep. greytdemocrat Mar 2012 #30
Agreed Xyzse Mar 2012 #35
The Problem Has Been Access... KharmaTrain Mar 2012 #41
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