Dissent, anyone?

[unixronin]

In the words of The Clash, "You have the right to free speech ... as long as you're not dumb enough to actually TRY it."

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[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's not like this is a recent development. The constitution was shot in the head and laid in its grave back in 1861. And it was real sick even before that.

-Ogre

Re: Unbelievable

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was the first major Federal assault on the Constitution. I think it's the first time they've made as publicly-visible an assault on the First Amendment, though.

Re: Unbelievable

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Lincoln shut down newspapers that printed pro-seccesionist views, and jailed without Habeus Corpus those who espoused pro-seccesionist opinions, or even just anti-war opinions. He issued an arrest warrant for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after he issued a ruling that Lincoln found unfavorable.

-Ogre

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Dang, I hadn't heard that. Nothing new under the sun, huh?

(Meanwhile, LiveJournal keeps trying to put "Re: Unbelievable" in the subject of every damn comment I post.)