Can't we force Californification to opt out of the Country. Lets take away their airports and build a wall around the state.
Can't we force Californification to opt out of the Country. Lets take away their airports and build a wall around the state.
Yes. One is free to lie and slander but must face the consequences of same. There are times where a court will issue an injunction if irreparable harm will occur if someone is allowed to say something about someone -- like, for example, if I wanted to call you a "constitutional literalist". You might consider that libelous. You could go to court and argue that me saying that would cause you irreparable harm. ;) This government putting content conditions on speech is very bad. Remember, it is the most offensive of speech that is the most worthy of protection.
the liberals would be screaming bloody murder if this rule was going to be applied to them as well..........
That's somewhat the difference between a libertarian/conservative definition of liberty and a liberal one. One should be free to speak and face consequences. One should be free to make mistakes, including what others consider lies and fake news. Making mistakes is how we learn to constrain ourselves in self-government. On the liberal view that freedom comes not from the self but is the purview of the government, a centralized few dictating what is true and shutting down what isn't...or what doesn't serve the interests of the elite.
It's like long guns. the liberals state they only want the AR's today. Once they've gotten that, they'll be after pistols. Look to MA where they have officially stolen people's 2nd A Rights to possess any mean looking long guns..they are also after handguns that carry more rounds than a six-shooter. Next it will be six-shooters. then it will be illegal to own any guns.
The 1st A will be treated the same way.
Why on earth would anyone surrender their Rights, any of them, to a government that has been known to despise the people they desire to lord over
In my opinion, you are making the same argument that our board's geniuses have been making about the Syrian war of choice. Did the President trample on the Constitution? It depends on what the meaning of war is.
Our geniuses are willing to blur the lines between what is a Constitutional act and what is not because they want to support the President's war-making without the inconvenience of hearing the Peoples' voices.
In your case, you blur the lines because you want to squash any news the Left does not approve.
In short, you and the Geniuses are doing the same thing.