Reply #15: I think I had one of those "light bulb" moments while driving

[Horse with no Name]

the other day. I had just heard one of the RW pundits say something along the lines of "See? This is freedom of speech? We are the only country you can stand up and dissent in. Our country is great." (that was paraphrased). And then it basically hit me...THAT is the joke.
We ONLY have freedom of speech (now) because enough people haven't realized that the other freedoms we take for granted have been taken away. They have been too preoccupied with American Idol and Survivor, as well as eking out a living.
But, the thing of it is, and there isn't any getting around it.
Right now, the ones that are vocal about the crimes of this administration, are EFFECTIVELY painted as nutjobs. That is working for now.
But make no mistake, when more and more people start rising up against this government, freedom of speech will become a past luxury and all of those detention camps will be used for the loudest.