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Will He Ever Get the Hint?
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<blockquote data-quote="SeniorGeek" data-source="post: 200169" data-attributes="member: 4823"><p>From appealforcourage.org's appeal: Are they asking Congress to eliminate dissenting speech? Are they jealous of Russia? </p><p><a href="http://joshuapundit.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-russian-censorship-50-good-news-and.html" target="_blank">http://joshuapundit.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-russian-censorship-50-good-news-and.html</a></p><p> </p><p>One thing I find funny is the desire to eliminate a freedom in the US in an attempt to bring freedom to Iraq. </p><p> </p><p>Or maybe the idea is to reduce freedoms in the US until we can finally say that Iraq is just like us?</p><p> </p><p>Another thing I find funny is that any law that might come from this extreme-right front group's appeal would be likely to stifle the speech of right-wingers, too.</p><p> </p><p>For example, the use of the word "Islamofacist" implies a hatred for Islam, and its use could cause increased hatred of the US while simultaneously leading American troops to believe that no Muslim is worthy of freedom. I suppose that word would have to be specifically banned.</p><p> </p><p>Talk of bombing would have to stop. If someone calls for bombing that does not occur, the enemy will see us as weak-willed and our troops will feel unsupported. If the bombing does occur, that talk served to warn the enemy - so they can leave only civilians in the places to be bombed, and further demoralize our troops by labeling them as murderers of innocents.</p><p> </p><p>Those are just a couple of immediate, obvious examples that come to mind. Shall we see what else our Congress can come up with?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeniorGeek, post: 200169, member: 4823"] From appealforcourage.org's appeal: Are they asking Congress to eliminate dissenting speech? Are they jealous of Russia? [URL]http://joshuapundit.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-russian-censorship-50-good-news-and.html[/URL] One thing I find funny is the desire to eliminate a freedom in the US in an attempt to bring freedom to Iraq. Or maybe the idea is to reduce freedoms in the US until we can finally say that Iraq is just like us? Another thing I find funny is that any law that might come from this extreme-right front group's appeal would be likely to stifle the speech of right-wingers, too. For example, the use of the word "Islamofacist" implies a hatred for Islam, and its use could cause increased hatred of the US while simultaneously leading American troops to believe that no Muslim is worthy of freedom. I suppose that word would have to be specifically banned. Talk of bombing would have to stop. If someone calls for bombing that does not occur, the enemy will see us as weak-willed and our troops will feel unsupported. If the bombing does occur, that talk served to warn the enemy - so they can leave only civilians in the places to be bombed, and further demoralize our troops by labeling them as murderers of innocents. Those are just a couple of immediate, obvious examples that come to mind. Shall we see what else our Congress can come up with? [/QUOTE]
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