"Free Speech Zones"=One of Many Repressive Tactics to Deprive

rrrevolution

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Sat Sep-10-05 01:35 PM
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"Free Speech Zones"=One of Many Repressive Tactics to Deprive

Americans of their right to petition and protest against their government as provided by the Constitution.

When we "accept" metal caged, arm guarded, free speech zones blocks away from government officials or official activities, THEN we have ceded a very important constitutional right to those who would seek to exploit and control citizen behavior for corrupt purposes.

And so-called Republicans who would cede these constraints today thinking that they are necessary to ensure security are by their very actions supporting the repression of these constitutional rights.

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sarcasmo

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Sat Sep-10-05 01:36 PM
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1. One step away from China, IMHO.

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longship

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Sat Sep-10-05 01:47 PM
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2. Caged protestation???

All that's left to do are two things.

First, turn the fire hoses on them.

Then, when that doesn't shut them up, turn the machine guns on them.

The republic dies not with a bang, but with a chorus of whimpers.

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Mnemosyne

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Sat Sep-10-05 02:01 PM
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3. Do you have a link?

Edited on Sat Sep-10-05 02:02 PM by vickiss

thanks.
I recall reading this somewhere recently, is this the same article?

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