Not Parroting the State? . . .

Started by redcliffsw, October 23, 2014, 05:07:12 AM

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redcliffsw


All presidents push the envelope when it comes to exercising their constitutional powers. But we never before have seen in modern times a president like the present one. From his halcyon days as a senator fighting for civil liberties, he has descended into a totalitarian darkness. How can he ask soldiers to defend a Constitution with their lives that he disregards with his deeds?

The government is worried about speech. Big deal. Speech is none of the government's business. History teaches that the remedy for tasteless speech is not government repression — it is more speech. In a free society, when the marketplace of ideas is open and unfettered, the truth is obvious. But in a repressive society, the truth becomes a casualty. Which society did the Framers give us?
-Judge Napolitano

Read on:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/10/andrew-p-napolitano/not-parroting-the-state/



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