I think we're now realizing why the Feds have built a 3.5 million sq ft 'data warehouse' (in Utah) to record every email, every telephone call, every
electronic communication of any type. Like the rest of us, Liberals
will rue the day that they helped put this puffed-up scumbag tyrant back
into the Oval Office. They will bear more than the pain, they will
bear the blame.
Merlin
Negative Posting About Islam in U.S. Now Subject to Federal Prosecution and Imprisonment
by sharia unveiled @
"The First Amendment served us well for a time, but now it's outdated."
Remember reading that England had arrested a guy for anti-Muslim Twitter postings in the aftermath of the Woolwich slaughter? And remember thinking, "Well, this is America, that can't happen here"?
Oh yes it can.
US Attorney Bill Killian, Obama's Attorney for the Eastern district of Tennessee wants you to know that if you say something untoward (negative) about Muslims, the Federal government may imprison you.
Killian and Moore will provide input on how civil rights can be violated by those who post inflammatory documents targeted at Muslims on social media. “This is an educational effort with civil rights laws as they play into freedom of religion and exercising freedom of religion,” Killian told The News Monday. “This is also to inform the public what federal laws are in effect and what the consequences are.” ... Killian said Internet postings that violate civil rights are subject to federal jurisdiction.
The posting
he offers as a "for instance" is an egregious one. And yet this country
has long protected, absolutely, egregious speech, such as hardcore
pornography, for a simple reason: Either you are at liberty to say what
you will or you are not. If you are constantly double-thinking every
word you might say, for fear of being prosecuted, you are
self-censoring, in anticipation of a possible prosecution by the
government.
Rather than
having a system in which people were constantly worried about
imprisonment for speech, our country has evolved a simple bright-line
code: Speech of all kinds, with a few exceptions that can be counted on
three fingers, is absolutely protected.
Remember,
the importance of this bright-line, no-exceptions rule of free speech
was preached to us, even when some of us might not have liked it so
much, as when hardcore pornography was afforded absolute protection
under the First Amendment. In the case of hardcore pornography, it was
argued -- successfully -- that having each artist weigh the possibility
of an obscenity prosecution was too much of a burden on his free speech
rights, and would have, unavoidably, a chilling effect on speech.
That was the rule then, and that was the rationale.
But now
comes the Obama Administration to tell you that Yes, you just might be
imprisoned for something you say online, so you'd better Watch What You
Say.
Remember when Ari Fleischer said that, without suggesting any kind of legal penalties? Remember how the media freaked out?
But now
comes the US Attorney for the Eastern district of Tennessee explicitly
telling you that you may be imprisoned if a political appointee decides
your political speech has crossed a line.
Somehow, I
don't think Tim Robbins will be portentously howling us that a "chill
wind" is blowing across our rights of free expression this week.
editorial footnote: We are arriving at the period of time in America when the herd will be thinned. We are asking ALL Americans to continue to post, write and distribute your thoughts as you please. Approaching us now are the days of the true warriors. Let the paper tigers fall and burn. It is easy to stand up for what you believe in when there are no consequences for your actions, but the true definition of boldness is standing up for what you believe in when you have everything to lose. If you are scared.. then, stand behind us.. because we are not going anywhere. Our rights and our freedoms were endowed to us by our Creator.. and with us they shall remain.
Is this what our now-hungry military in Afghanistan are fighting for? What about it, Marines?
