Tag Archives: Freedom of Speech

C-SPAN: Hustler Magazine vs. Jerry Falwell- Pornography and the First Amendment

  Source:The FreeState “Hustler Magazine v Falwell Pornography and First Amendment Rights 1997.” From CSPAN Interesting case whatever your position on pornography is whether you think it should be legal or not. Or whether you enjoy it or not which isn’t … Continue reading

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Washington Examiner: Why Leftists Are Turning Against Freedom of Speech

Source:The New Democrat  First of all it is not “Liberals who are turning against Freedom of Speech”, just to correct the Washington Examiner editorial page. And you give me all you want about ‘Modern Liberals’ or contemporary Liberals. But Freedom … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Sr. Semone Campbell: Faith Has Political Consequences

Source:The New Democrat  The American Left, especially the Far-Left, gets stereotyped as being Atheist.  This is reinforced by MSNBC at any point when they are talking about religion.  Ditto,  Salon, The Nation, the AlterNet or  Bill Maher.  But, there’s also … Continue reading

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David Pakman: First Amendment Doesn’t Protect Racist Practices

The New Democrat Sometimes it’s great to be a lawyer, especially when you are talking about the First Amendment. But since I’m not a lawyer I’ll have to use my skills as a Liberal instead and what I’ve read about … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: A. Barton Hinkle: Bipartisan Hypocrisy on Free Speech

Source:The New Democrat  I disagree with Barton Hinkle’s column, at least in this sense.  The First Amendment protects against censorship by government. We don’t have First Amendment rights to say what we please on the premises of our employer. That … Continue reading

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The New York Times: Opinion: Nesnine Makik: Freedom to Offend Everyone

The New York Times: Opinion: Nesrine Malik: Freedom to Offend Everyone Ederik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on BloggerA primary advantage of living … Continue reading

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Thom Hartmann: Professor Harvey J. Kaye- ‘Why FDR’s Four Freedoms are Real Freedoms’

Professor Harvey J. Kaye: “Why FDR’s Four Freedoms are Real Freedoms My Four Freedoms 1. Freedom of Speech- The right to be an insensitive asshole even. And say whatever the hell we want to as long as we aren’t threatening … Continue reading

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AlterNet: Sean McElwee: ‘The Case For Censoring Hate Speech’

“For the past few years speech has moved online, leading to fierce debates about its regulation. Most recently, feminists have led the charge to purge Facebook of misogyny that clearly violates its hate speech code. Facebook took a small step … Continue reading

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Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher: Panel Debate Secularism & Religion

Source:FRS FreeState One of the advantages of living in a liberal democracy is that you get to decide for yourself whether you should or should not practice religion. And what you think of religion and secularism yourself. Rather than government … Continue reading

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AP: Raw Video: Judge Denies Request to Stop Anti-Muslim Trailer

. This post was originally posted at FRS FreeState on Blogger If this actress in this movie was misled about this movie that she was in, then she probably has a good case. That she should take to court and … Continue reading

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