Over at Addicting Info (a.k.a. Buzzfeed for liberal politics) Justin Rosario is trying to portray the Supreme Court's recent decision striking down so-called "buffer zones" around abortion clinics as a case of giving special free-speech rights to rich people: It seems that while your regular woman on the street has no way to keep religious fanatics from harassing them while … [Read more...] about Buffer Zones and Free Speech Zones
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No Need for the Truth Police
At the very liberal Addicting Info website, Justin Acuff is upset that politicians might be lying, and he wants the government to do something about it: There’s a first amendment case going in front of the Supreme Court right now that’s very, very dangerous. Why? Because it might allow religious opinion to become legal fact, corrupting the intent of our constitutional rights, … [Read more...] about No Need for the Truth Police
Thane Rosenbaum Wants Us to Stop Being Mean…Or Else
Thane Rosenbaum has an opinion piece at the Daily Beast arguing that we should suppress the rights of Neo-Nazis and others to spout "hate speech." That's a common and well-meaning proposition, however misguided, but his reasoning for why we should have these laws is dangerously overbroad.Let me start, however, by pointing out that the Nazis themselves were no fan of free … [Read more...] about Thane Rosenbaum Wants Us to Stop Being Mean…Or Else
“Oh yeah, I’m real messed up in the head…”
"...I think Ima shoot up a kindergarten and watch the blood of the innocent rain down and eat the beating heart of one of them. lol. jk.”-- Justin Carter, on Facebook, March 2013. Because today, August 1, is Quote Justin Carter On Social Media Day, as promoted by Jack Marshall on Ethics Alarms.According to Ken White, sometime last March, Justin Carter got into an … [Read more...] about “Oh yeah, I’m real messed up in the head…”
A One-Two-Punch Against Free Speech
[WARNING: This post is part of an April Fools Day prank. The Arizona bill is real, but the bill by Senator Lieberman is completely fictional. Eric Turkewitz was the ring leader for this event, and he has the wrap-up. The short version is that no one bit who should have known better.] This weekend we're seeing a one-two-punch against freedom of speech -- at least as it exists on … [Read more...] about A One-Two-Punch Against Free Speech