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razorman

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31. I'm with you there. If we start silencing people because we detected a "code" in their language,
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 01:19 PM
Mar 2012

it won't be long before someone silences us. The whole point of free speech is that everyone gets the right to express their point of view, regardless of how silly it might be. As far as I know, I am the only one who is always right.

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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