May I Say That?

For John, BLUF:  We seem to be heading into an era where the bien-pennant decide what the rest of us may and may not say.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Freedom of Speech Under Attack

From The Victory Girls, 23 October 2019.

Here is the lede plus one:

Our republic is under attack.  The enemy isn’t standing on the outside, lobbing artillery across the border. The enemy is here, in our halls of justice and corridors of government.  They are the politicians who appear devoted to not just limiting but tearing down our First Amendment right to freedom of speech.  They are the men and women who won’t be satisfied until the nanny state they dream of becomes a reality.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

Those 45 words form one of the cornerstones of our nation.  Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right to peaceably assemble and the right to petition the government for redress.  We fought a revolution to insure those freedoms and now too many of our elected officials want to sweep them out the door.  They don’t care that doing so will cause the foundations of our republic to crumble.  In fact, I have no doubt some of those pols hope that is exactly what happens.

In the last 24 hours or so, we’ve seen the three latest examples of lawmakers using their position to not only limit the freedom of speech but to do so in such a way that many of us could easily find ourselves in trouble with the law.

Here are the three:

• Some college students in Connecticut shouting the n-word to no one in particular.
• The President saying Lynching while Republican,
• A Mass General Court State Rep introducing legislation to ban the use of "Bitch".

In fairness to State Rep Dan Hunt, he introduced it at the behest of one of his constituents, who asked him to.  It is his responsibility as a legislature in Massachusetts.

Free speech that does not allow for offensive speech is NOT free speech.  It is rank conformity and unworthy of a Democratic People.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff