Posted on 10/02/2023 6:24:58 AM PDT by MtnClimber
It is a reflection of these volatile times that the Supreme Court's First Amendment ruling in Brandenburg v. Ohio echoes in the back of my mind whenever I sit down to write. In that case, the Court defended inflammatory speech from government punishment unless it is "directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action." How the government defines "lawless action," though, is quickly changing. Just being a concerned parent opposed to a school board's sexualized curriculum can make an otherwise law-abiding American a potential "domestic terrorist" in the eyes of the FBI.
Today, the federal Leviathan is neck-deep in the ugly business of propaganda and censorship. It persecutes J6 election protesters for their political beliefs. It seeks to imprison President Trump for the "crime" of having delivered a political speech. Congress engages in Soviet show trials devoid of due process or exculpatory defense but rife with unsupported accusation and criminal innuendo. The Department of (in)Justice and the Fascist Bureau of Intimidation maliciously prosecute Americans for merely opposing government policies. As part of the expanding system of two-tiered "justice," leftist violence is regularly defended as "free speech," while speech articulated against leftism is illogically denounced as "violence." Unapproved dissent is labeled "disinformation." Unapproved religious faiths or family values are condemned for promoting "hate." Unapproved ideas, debates, and political movements are expunged from the internet.
The "War on Free Speech" is raging, and I would not be surprised to find the "thought police" one day knocking on my door simply because I have offended the delicate sensibilities of the all-powerful State. So, to the extent that anything I write might be construed as encouraging "lawless action," for the sake of my future defense, at least don't act "imminently" after reading this!
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
It is the eternal struggle between good and evil. Right now evil is winning.
There you go. The Cliff Notes of the new "Rules for Radicals".
Never mind. They know that. It’s just happens to reflect their ideal of a perfect society.
It seems like if an opinion is written & an official complaint is raised resulting in a visit by law enforcement, that it was not prompted by the “next door neighbor”, but by some elected official or a professional whiner who is always on the lookout for certain statements they will always disagree with.
It seems like if an opinion is written & an official complaint is raised resulting in a visit by law enforcement, that it was not prompted by the “next door neighbor”, but by some elected official or a professional whiner who is always on the lookout for certain statements they will always disagree with.
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Sleepwalking through Weimar till the “crazy” one is voted into power by a defeated citienry. I don’t know who the crazy one is in America today?
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