Every government ultimately comes for all freedom, all property, all money, and to kill all who resist. Only the vitality of the private sector stands in their way. Now two small children in Turkey are being criminally prosecuted for tearing down a poster of their purported government master, Erdogan. During the past two years, artists, …
Category: Free speech under siege
Oct 24
ACLU: “Fixing” the Constitution to Overturn CITIZENS UNITED Would “Break the Constitution”
Many voices–who believe they are seeking “good government”–are calling for a constitutional amendment to give government the power to control political spending and advertising. But as the ACLU points out, such an amendment would fundamentally “break the Constitution” and overturn the most basic free-speech and press provisions of the First Amendment. See here.
Oct 23
Government Now Claiming that Even Facebook Postings Can be Banned as Illegal “Campaign Contributions”
The movement to give government even more power over elections and campaigning grows more powerful by the day. Now a Colorado judge has ruled that a charter-school principal who posted a Facebook message indicating that one of the school’s students’ parents would make an “excellent education leader” was MAKING AN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION by doing …
Oct 22
American colleges are the least free places in America
America’s colleges are the least free places in the country. Virtually every major American university–and perhaps every GOVERNMENT university–provides a campus upon which opinions which challenge or criticize the state or the state’s government-focused theology are suppressed. Surveys show that college students overwhelmingly indicate fear of holding non-government-approved opinions. See this video by Greg Lukianoff …
Oct 22
55 Percent of American colleges impose unconstitutional speech codes
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has surveyed America’s colleges and found that 55 percent of them impose speech restrictions on students. See their website. These colleges clearly and substantially restrict freedom of speech, purport to censor “offensive speech” (meaning, generally any antigovernment thought), or restrict “free speech” to a campus “zone.” FIRE’s …
Oct 21
Wisconsin “Campaign Finance” Police Use Tactics Inspired by the USA Patriot Act
It is by far the greatest danger to First Amendment freedoms in American history: the modern “campaign finance reform” movement. Every claim used to promote government controls over political campaign ads is untrue. Here is a Reason.com article about Wisconsin political police–who raid people’s homes under cover of darkness and regularly tell those under investigation …
Oct 15
Government’s “War on Terror” Now Focusing on Americans as Targets
Every government ultimately comes for all property, all money, all freedom, and to kill all who resist. Yesterday, the U.S. Justice Department announced a major new program and office dedicated to surveilling Americans and targeting so-called “home-grown” terror threats. See here. As many observers predicted, the vast “War on Terror” has come home. Those who …
Sep 29
Another prominent voice calls for the imprisonment of climate skeptics
The debate is over! Jail the skeptics! Prominent pro-government extremist Thom Hartmann (who loudly calls for a constitutional amendment to overturn the First Amendment in order to stop (private sector) money from having any influence on politics), is now calling for the imprisonment of those who disagree with him regarding the world’s climate. See here. …
Sep 19
California regent (and husband of a U.S. Senator) threatens U.C. with political consequences if the University fails to enact speech code
We previously reported that the University of California system–a government network subject to the free-speech provisions of the Constitution–was proposing a university-wide speech code that banned “intolerant” “expressions.” See here. On Thursday, Sept. 17 (ironically, “Constitution Day”), the proposal was the subject of a large public meeting. According to F.I.R.E. (the Foundation for Individual Rights …
Sep 19
Missourian criminally prosecuted for “[meeting] with legislators,” “testif[ying]” before the Missouri legislature, and “appear[ing] as a witness before committees”
Our masters in government repeatedly tell us we are to be “engaged” in politics. But when citizens “engage” in efforts to limit or rein in government–especially when such citizens become successful–they are increasingly subject to criminal prosecution and imprisonment. In Missouri, a citizen activist named Ron Calzone, who bills himself as a “citizen lobbyist,” has …
