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spacedoubt
...and those idiots were just as wrong as the idiots today.
Laura Ingraham (sp?) wrote a book by that title... "shut up, and sing." FYI.
I suppose it's pointless to keep pointing out that either all speech is free, or none is...or soon won't be. Shut up The Dixie Chicks, and others
like 'em, makes shutting down Anne Coulter oh, so much easier today...doesn't it? Seemingly so.
So, yeah, many are reaping exactly what they sowed not all that long ago...
No one had to agree with the Dixie Chicks and others back in the day, no one has to agree with Anne Coulter today. She'd be among the first to say
that...she'd say you
should agree with her, but never that you
have to.
So my next question seems obvious to me... Or maybe I'm over thinking it...hard to imagine, I know, me over thinking something...
Shut down the Dixie Chicks. Shut down Anne Coulter. Shut down...? Who's next on the list to be shut down because of the crime of saying something
you (the royal you, many of you...) disagree with? Who's next to get veiled, or not so veiled, threats of harm if you dare show up?
Me? A group of me's? You? Your neighbors?
But, hey, they're "a freak show". They're "provocateurs". They dare disagree with my take on the world, so it's OK... Until it's your turn to be
shut down.
First Amendment is just a piece of parchment, right? Like how so many of you view the Second.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemoller.
We'd do well to remember that history has much to teach us about the dangers of silencing a segment of the population...'cause eventually, they may
come for your portion of the population.
Do we add people like Anne Coulter to that list? The Dixie Chicks? Me? Some of you? We all have expressed opinions contrary to what some would
have us believe... Seems some of you would, just remember, eventually someone's going to come for you, too.
edit on 4/29/2017 by seagull because: (no reason given)