MMC
07-31-2012, 07:15 AM
It’s always easy to get people to condemn threats to free speech when the speech being threatened is speech that they like. It’s much more difficult to induce support for free speech rights when the speech being punished is speech they find repellent (http://www.aclu.org/free-speech/aclu-history-taking-stand-free-speech-skokie). But having Mayors and other officials punish businesses for the political and social views of their executives — regardless of what those views are — is as pure a violation of the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech as it gets, and beyond that, is genuinely dangerous.
If you support what Emanuel is doing here, then you should be equally supportive of a Mayor in Texas or a Governor in Idaho who blocks businesses from opening if they are run by those who support same-sex marriage — or who oppose American wars, or who support reproductive rights, or who favor single-payer health care, or which donates to LGBT groups and Planned Parenthood, on the ground that such views are offensive to Christian or conservative residents. You can’t cheer when political officials punish the expression of views you dislike and then expect to be taken seriously when you wrap yourself in the banner of free speech in order to protest state punishment of views you like and share.
Free speech rights means that government officials are barred from creating lists of approved and disapproved political ideas and then using the power of the state to enforce those preferences.....snip~
http://occupysecession.com/2012/07/28/rahm-emanuels-dangerous-free-speech-attack/
:laugh: Even the Occupiers and Salon are tearing the Demo-Rats a new azz over the Chikafila Issue. Clear outspoken Violation of First Amendment Rights by the PUTZ EMANUEL. The Boston Mayor and the one who started it all. The Lib-Tard Joe Moreno. Joe got a little upset about what the CEO of this buisness said. As Joe was only concerned about bigotry and the homophobic comment. The one he imagined out of the clear blue. Do you think that all that See Joe Moreno should be making sure this Lib-Tard can't even walk in the daylight? Was Joe offended when Obama said the same thing? Where was Joe then? Where was Rahm Emanuel back then? Oh, thats right Rahm had his tongue up the Obama azz.
BTW Obama believes marriage is between a man and a Woman. Does the Socialist Democrat Care to tell Obama that he is not part of Chicago Values. Because he also believes that Marriage is between a man and a woman.
Oh there is another Chicago Value that is out there too. It's the one where Chicagoans get tired of Democrat Politicans opening their mouths and are apt to put their foot off in to their azz. Which is why you see these mofoes running and ducking for cover. Hiding from their Public except when backed by the Media and LE's. Truly I have never seen how such Cowards ever come to power. Course I was looking beyond the money factor.
If you support what Emanuel is doing here, then you should be equally supportive of a Mayor in Texas or a Governor in Idaho who blocks businesses from opening if they are run by those who support same-sex marriage — or who oppose American wars, or who support reproductive rights, or who favor single-payer health care, or which donates to LGBT groups and Planned Parenthood, on the ground that such views are offensive to Christian or conservative residents. You can’t cheer when political officials punish the expression of views you dislike and then expect to be taken seriously when you wrap yourself in the banner of free speech in order to protest state punishment of views you like and share.
Free speech rights means that government officials are barred from creating lists of approved and disapproved political ideas and then using the power of the state to enforce those preferences.....snip~
http://occupysecession.com/2012/07/28/rahm-emanuels-dangerous-free-speech-attack/
:laugh: Even the Occupiers and Salon are tearing the Demo-Rats a new azz over the Chikafila Issue. Clear outspoken Violation of First Amendment Rights by the PUTZ EMANUEL. The Boston Mayor and the one who started it all. The Lib-Tard Joe Moreno. Joe got a little upset about what the CEO of this buisness said. As Joe was only concerned about bigotry and the homophobic comment. The one he imagined out of the clear blue. Do you think that all that See Joe Moreno should be making sure this Lib-Tard can't even walk in the daylight? Was Joe offended when Obama said the same thing? Where was Joe then? Where was Rahm Emanuel back then? Oh, thats right Rahm had his tongue up the Obama azz.
BTW Obama believes marriage is between a man and a Woman. Does the Socialist Democrat Care to tell Obama that he is not part of Chicago Values. Because he also believes that Marriage is between a man and a woman.
Oh there is another Chicago Value that is out there too. It's the one where Chicagoans get tired of Democrat Politicans opening their mouths and are apt to put their foot off in to their azz. Which is why you see these mofoes running and ducking for cover. Hiding from their Public except when backed by the Media and LE's. Truly I have never seen how such Cowards ever come to power. Course I was looking beyond the money factor.