Bo-4
12-27-2016, 12:19 PM
In fact, no one has ever heard him laugh .. period. Might he attempt to resurrect the Federal Sedition Act of 1798?
It’s become abundantly clear that Trump can’t take a joke—which is an unsettling thing to learn about a man who’s about to get his very own killer drone fleet. He’s entitled to express his opinion. But the rest of us are allowed to worry—not just because the president-elect has (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cnn.com_2016_11_29_politics_donald-2Dtrump-2Dflag-2Dburning-2Dpenalty-2Dproposal_&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=8jYHbpnAeHfZy0Cz7KgnelvK57ZvGJFJ1lnQdqohFQs&e=)repeatedly (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cnn.com_2016_11_29_politics_donald-2Dtrump-2Dflag-2Dburning-2Dpenalty-2Dproposal_&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=8jYHbpnAeHfZy0Cz7KgnelvK57ZvGJFJ1lnQdqohFQs&e=) shown (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nationalreview.com_article_432037_donald-2Dtrump-2Dlibel-2Dit-2Dnot-2Dif-2Dits-2Dtrue&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=tS0BKQra4FUG8dMROU68DH3zjWszwtnKc7jZQ5wFQos&e=)contempt for the First Amendment, (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nationalreview.com_article_432037_donald-2Dtrump-2Dlibel-2Dit-2Dnot-2Dif-2Dits-2Dtrue&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=tS0BKQra4FUG8dMROU68DH3zjWszwtnKc7jZQ5wFQos&e=) but also because, in just over a month, this thin-skinned, easily provoked character will ascend to (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.wsj.com_articles_SB951785627724236362&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=RCeB_tVj1gWUs_kIotsWQrel8q8RJsZOmgxHvFl5bvw&e=)“the most powerful office in the world.” (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.wsj.com_articles_SB951785627724236362&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=RCeB_tVj1gWUs_kIotsWQrel8q8RJsZOmgxHvFl5bvw&e=)
Under the (thankfully) short-lived Sedition Act of 1798 (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.loc.gov_rr_program_bib_ourdocs_Alien.html&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=6LHx0QK82afnUGeLzO19Lgo5nQfYXzlBUTX3O3OVL7Q&e=), for example, Americans could be fined or imprisoned for making “false, scandalous, and malicious” statements against “the President of the United States, with intent to defame… or bring [him] into contempt or disrepute.” Among those prosecuted under the Act was New Jersey Republican Luther Baldwin (no relation to Alec), who, during a 16-gun salute to John Adams at a parade in Newark, declared to his drinking buddies his hope that the cannon fire would (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__books.google.com_books-3Fid-3DIDojBQAAQBAJ-26lpg-3DPR2-2DIA39-26dq-3DLuther-2520Baldwin-2520arse-26pg-3DPR2-2DIA39-23v-3Donepage-26q-3DLuther-2520Baldwin-2520arse-26f-3Dfalse&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=sQN95GAy2RxxAYUVmoRYGoQJq5sdrTfc20TVKJ8Spu0&e=)hit the president in “his arse.” (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__books.google.com_books-3Fid-3DIDojBQAAQBAJ-26lpg-3DPR2-2DIA39-26dq-3DLuther-2520Baldwin-2520arse-26pg-3DPR2-2DIA39-23v-3Donepage-26q-3DLuther-2520Baldwin-2520arse-26f-3Dfalse&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=sQN95GAy2RxxAYUVmoRYGoQJq5sdrTfc20TVKJ8Spu0&e=)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/27/trump-may-well-try-to-clamp-down-on-anti-trump-humor-can-he.html
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It’s become abundantly clear that Trump can’t take a joke—which is an unsettling thing to learn about a man who’s about to get his very own killer drone fleet. He’s entitled to express his opinion. But the rest of us are allowed to worry—not just because the president-elect has (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cnn.com_2016_11_29_politics_donald-2Dtrump-2Dflag-2Dburning-2Dpenalty-2Dproposal_&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=8jYHbpnAeHfZy0Cz7KgnelvK57ZvGJFJ1lnQdqohFQs&e=)repeatedly (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cnn.com_2016_11_29_politics_donald-2Dtrump-2Dflag-2Dburning-2Dpenalty-2Dproposal_&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=8jYHbpnAeHfZy0Cz7KgnelvK57ZvGJFJ1lnQdqohFQs&e=) shown (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nationalreview.com_article_432037_donald-2Dtrump-2Dlibel-2Dit-2Dnot-2Dif-2Dits-2Dtrue&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=tS0BKQra4FUG8dMROU68DH3zjWszwtnKc7jZQ5wFQos&e=)contempt for the First Amendment, (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nationalreview.com_article_432037_donald-2Dtrump-2Dlibel-2Dit-2Dnot-2Dif-2Dits-2Dtrue&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=tS0BKQra4FUG8dMROU68DH3zjWszwtnKc7jZQ5wFQos&e=) but also because, in just over a month, this thin-skinned, easily provoked character will ascend to (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.wsj.com_articles_SB951785627724236362&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=RCeB_tVj1gWUs_kIotsWQrel8q8RJsZOmgxHvFl5bvw&e=)“the most powerful office in the world.” (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.wsj.com_articles_SB951785627724236362&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=RCeB_tVj1gWUs_kIotsWQrel8q8RJsZOmgxHvFl5bvw&e=)
Under the (thankfully) short-lived Sedition Act of 1798 (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.loc.gov_rr_program_bib_ourdocs_Alien.html&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=6LHx0QK82afnUGeLzO19Lgo5nQfYXzlBUTX3O3OVL7Q&e=), for example, Americans could be fined or imprisoned for making “false, scandalous, and malicious” statements against “the President of the United States, with intent to defame… or bring [him] into contempt or disrepute.” Among those prosecuted under the Act was New Jersey Republican Luther Baldwin (no relation to Alec), who, during a 16-gun salute to John Adams at a parade in Newark, declared to his drinking buddies his hope that the cannon fire would (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__books.google.com_books-3Fid-3DIDojBQAAQBAJ-26lpg-3DPR2-2DIA39-26dq-3DLuther-2520Baldwin-2520arse-26pg-3DPR2-2DIA39-23v-3Donepage-26q-3DLuther-2520Baldwin-2520arse-26f-3Dfalse&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=sQN95GAy2RxxAYUVmoRYGoQJq5sdrTfc20TVKJ8Spu0&e=)hit the president in “his arse.” (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__books.google.com_books-3Fid-3DIDojBQAAQBAJ-26lpg-3DPR2-2DIA39-26dq-3DLuther-2520Baldwin-2520arse-26pg-3DPR2-2DIA39-23v-3Donepage-26q-3DLuther-2520Baldwin-2520arse-26f-3Dfalse&d=DgMF-g&c=r30hyXAdWe8oret4PlAIyA&r=2D0K_JKgpsG15HET1iG97SyNzPrkHKalzKw6hRrVZig&m=0qKJ5Li2YL9yqeR-Lo0_SfRywJhKdrwj-roleM3lqo8&s=sQN95GAy2RxxAYUVmoRYGoQJq5sdrTfc20TVKJ8Spu0&e=)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/27/trump-may-well-try-to-clamp-down-on-anti-trump-humor-can-he.html
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