rob spellberg wrote:
<snip>
just think: if it wasn't for that pesky first amendment,
we could finally pass a meaningful "hate speech code".
I really, REALLY, hope you are joking here.
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Jason T. Nelson <jtn@xxxxxx> http://www.jtn.cx/~jtn/
yes, i am;
but you are not to blame for not being certain you recognized it.
because i am not a frequent poster to this list,
readers do not have, as yet,
sufficient experience with my writing style
to be able to tell the difference.
originally, i was making a distinction between rights and privileges.
privileges entail responsibilities; rights don't.
i reserve, in perpetuity, a non-exclusive right to be wrong.
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because the concern you express is so important,
for the record, i am somewhere to the right of
[ in no particular order, some people who are well known ]:
rush limbaugh,
charlton heston,
walter e. williams,
newt gingrich,
larry kudlow,
larry elder,
the late barry goldwater [ before he went off his nut ],
ann coulter,
matt drudge [ it's almost show time ],
sean hannity,
george will [ don't watch him anymore ],
laura ingraham,
peggy noonan,
the late barbara olson,
kellyanne conway,
"dick the butcher" [ a fictional character, just like candice bergen ],
brit hume,
fred barnes,
john mclaughlin,
armstrong williams,
oliver north,
glenn hubbard [ read the economic report of the president ],
lynne and dick cheney,
w and [ cue the choir ]
ronald reagan.
protect the first ten amendments.
repeal the XVI, XVII, XXII and XXVI amendments.
cut spending.
cut taxes on net producers.
tax the freeloaders.
if immigrants want to come here to work,
let's find a way to make them all legal;
then they can't be exploited and
we can tax them just like all of the rest of us.
stake burning is too good for terrorists.
free trade is good.
world trade is good.
low tariffs are good.
growth is good.
going nuclear is a slap in the face to the oil sheiks.
my favorite sheik is the late sheik yerbouti.
capitalism is the best means ever invented to
channel the natural ambition and aggression of males into
non-violent and socially productive pursuits.
socialism produces freeloaders.
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i could go on for pages,
but this should be sufficient to allay your fears.
Here's a good quote that will probably sum up a lot of
how people feel on this list:
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your
right to say it"
-Voltaire's biographer, describing his view of freedom of speech.
-Stacy
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