" "freedom of speech is the most basic right, because all other rights depend on it."
Bring back the good ol days, n'est pas?
You should have seen poor Laz trying to explain the above mentioned quote on another thread. Too many people just don't understand what is at stake here.
"Too many people just don't understand what is at stake here."
bump to that...
What's sad is that apparently people at DU (from Freeper reports) have concluded that since freepers are mad about CFR, they should be happy. That is a tremendous loss for "them" just as much as it is for "us".
On such an important issue, there should be no us vs. them. We are all Americans, and we should ALL fight for political freedom of speech; without that freedom, the others will quickly crumble.
Perhaps this thread could adopt a new slogan: "WWTPD?"
What would Thomas Paine do?
"These are the times that try men's souls," indeed.
http://www.ushistory.org/paine/