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    Quote Originally Posted by stephenpe View Post
    a few of the ways a group tries to limite free speech,
    The press is the enemy of the people.
    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida Department of Education review of 132 math books has led to the banning of more than 40% of them due to what the state calls “prohibited topics” including critical race theory and social-emotional learning.
    CRT is trying to indoctrinate our children to hate themselves.
    You think that teachers should be able to teach whatever the hell they want?
    You think the press should be able to make up stuff - and not be called out on it (still looking for those 57 that said Hunter's laptop was a Russian hoax)?
    Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect. -- Woody Hayes​

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skull View Post
    Andrew Doyle, aka Tatiana McGrath on Twitter, pens this vital new one.

    "History does not look fondly on the hubris of those who, like Galileo’s inquisitors, appoint themselves as arbiters of permissible speech and thought. Their authority is only ever contingent on the wisdom of their time. Today’s free speech sceptics are characterised by a similar tendency to mistake self-satisfaction for infallibility. If nothing else, the story of Galileo is a potent reminder of the importance of freedom of speech, and how none of us can ever be sure which heresies of today will become the certainties of tomorrow.
    I start from the proposition that free speech is nothing less than the keystone of our civilisation."
    A right to speak freely is unimportant without the right of self defense.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


    I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LWW View Post
    Control of speech is more important to thugocracy in the long run than disarmament of the masses.
    This is untrue. People don't voluntarily go to their murders, they go because they were disarmed first.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


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    Quote Originally Posted by stephenpe View Post
    a few of the ways a group tries to limit free speech,
    The press is the enemy of the people.
    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida Department of Education review of 132 math books has led to the banning of more than 40% of them due to what the state calls “prohibited topics” including critical race theory and social-emotional learning.
    CRT is trying to indoctrinate our children to hate themselves.
    Cool. I really like the Free State of Florida.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


    I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.

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    Free speech should be mostly important for Christians. Anything the Bible says, others call it hate speech, even fake Christians. They see our weak R's, the double standard of the left.

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    Bringing back literacy tests and implementing civics tests for all 3 levels of govt. would go a long way to improve govt. Even sociopaths like Joe Kennedy recognized that without any law and order the country was doomed and he would end up with nothing if the society and economy continued to deteriorate into anarchy. I don't see any sanity in indulging wingnuts on either wing and pretending we all need to take them seriously.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stephenpe View Post
    a few of the ways a group tries to limite free speech,
    The press is the enemy of the people.
    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida Department of Education review of 132 math books has led to the banning of more than 40% of them due to what the state calls “prohibited topics” including critical race theory and social-emotional learning.
    CRT is trying to indoctrinate our children to hate themselves.
    How does CRT belong in math books? I thought we were teaching math in math classes.

    Calling it burning is just hyperbole. They recycled them and made copies of Trump's newest coffee table book for your living room.
    Let's go Brandon !!!

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    Just think. Without free speech we would all be walking around repeating:

    The grownups are back in charge.
    Hunter is the smartest man we know
    Jan 6th was an insurrection
    Inflation is transitory
    There is no recession
    Poor people need to go buy new electric cars if they are worried about the price of gas
    There are 92 genders and you can be any one that you want
    White people are bad
    Let's go Brandon !!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by FindersKeepers View Post
    It absolutely is, but too many today are convinced they must control not only others' speech, but also their thoughts.

    I think we started down that slippery slope when we enacted "hate crimes." A crime is a crime is a crime, yet we chose to enact punishment for the thoughts of the perpetrator. We justified it by saying hate crimes had the special ability to strike fear in the hearts of those who might be similar to the victim of certain crimes.

    But many types of crimes strike fear in others--how many shop owners were worried when riots and looting broke out in numerous cities?
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    Quote Originally Posted by CCitizen View Post
    I agree 100%. Progressives and Democrats are Enemies of Freedom. I have many disagreements with Conservatives, but Liberals are The Greater Evil.
    That is pure RUBBISH! Our great nation was founded upon principles of liberal democracy!

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