Green Energy
The upside-down flag is an unofficial symbol of distress, an SOS.
It's also a symbol of America itself turned upside down.
In the face of harassment and threats against the right to free speech, allies of liberty are fond of saying "We will not be silenced."
It's a statement that projects confidence, defiance, and vigorous defense of one's rights.
But, as noble as this declaration may be, it's not wholly true.
Because a sufficiently painful harassment, or a sufficiently grave threat, will in fact silence those who would otherwise enter the public square.
Two people have already been silenced. One man has been arrested -- arrested, for blogging about the criminal history of Brett Kimberlin, and for describing his ongoing ordeal at Kimberlin's hands.
Unless Congress acts -- and acts swiftly -- there will be still further innocent citizens subjected to Brett Kimberlin's lawless vigilantism.
Go read the whole thing.
- Chaplinsky Vs. New Hampshire: The Real Story Behind The "fighting Words" Doctrine As A Limit To Freedom Of Speech
The other day, Chris Cuomo declared Pamela Geller's Mohammed Cartoon Contest to be a violation of the "Fighting Words Doctrine", The "Fighting Words Doctrine is a limitation set against the Freedom of Speech by a Supreme Court case called Chaplinsky...
- Navy Seals Ordered To Remove ‘don’t Tread On Me’ Navy Jack From Uniforms
Or .. If you LIKE your DON’T TREAD ON ME, you can KEEP your DON’T TREAD ON MEJust when I am about to enjoy Saturday morning they pull me back inThis stuff is utterly INCREDIBLE. Bolshevik application of ideology as a total dialectic discipline. There...
-
Now Erick Erickson of Redstate and CNN Gets SWATted People who are telling the truth about Brett Kimberlin are suddenly having SWAT teams called to their homes (saying someone has been shot/murdered) to drag them out at gunpoint. So far, no one...
- Insurance For Bloggers?
(With a hat-tip to Cube) Freedom of speech: Use it or lose it. Freedom of speech: Use it or lose the war of ideas. From this article in the Christian Science Monitor: ...“We’re coming up with a product that covers defamation, copyright, privacy violations...
- Blogger Arrests Hit Record High
Image courtesy of the BBC BBC: More bloggers than ever face arrest for exposing human rights abuses or criticising governments, says a report. Since 2003, 64 people have been arrested for publishing their views on a blog, says the University of Washington...
Green Energy
IBA Stands With Ace of Spades, Patterico, and Others In Their Fight Against Kimberlin, Swatting, and the Arrest of Bloggers For Practicing Their First Amendment Rights
From Ace
The upside-down flag is an unofficial symbol of distress, an SOS.
It's also a symbol of America itself turned upside down.
In the face of harassment and threats against the right to free speech, allies of liberty are fond of saying "We will not be silenced."
It's a statement that projects confidence, defiance, and vigorous defense of one's rights.
But, as noble as this declaration may be, it's not wholly true.
Because a sufficiently painful harassment, or a sufficiently grave threat, will in fact silence those who would otherwise enter the public square.
Two people have already been silenced. One man has been arrested -- arrested, for blogging about the criminal history of Brett Kimberlin, and for describing his ongoing ordeal at Kimberlin's hands.
Unless Congress acts -- and acts swiftly -- there will be still further innocent citizens subjected to Brett Kimberlin's lawless vigilantism.
Go read the whole thing.
- Chaplinsky Vs. New Hampshire: The Real Story Behind The "fighting Words" Doctrine As A Limit To Freedom Of Speech
The other day, Chris Cuomo declared Pamela Geller's Mohammed Cartoon Contest to be a violation of the "Fighting Words Doctrine", The "Fighting Words Doctrine is a limitation set against the Freedom of Speech by a Supreme Court case called Chaplinsky...
- Navy Seals Ordered To Remove ‘don’t Tread On Me’ Navy Jack From Uniforms
Or .. If you LIKE your DON’T TREAD ON ME, you can KEEP your DON’T TREAD ON MEJust when I am about to enjoy Saturday morning they pull me back inThis stuff is utterly INCREDIBLE. Bolshevik application of ideology as a total dialectic discipline. There...
-
Now Erick Erickson of Redstate and CNN Gets SWATted People who are telling the truth about Brett Kimberlin are suddenly having SWAT teams called to their homes (saying someone has been shot/murdered) to drag them out at gunpoint. So far, no one...
- Insurance For Bloggers?
(With a hat-tip to Cube) Freedom of speech: Use it or lose it. Freedom of speech: Use it or lose the war of ideas. From this article in the Christian Science Monitor: ...“We’re coming up with a product that covers defamation, copyright, privacy violations...
- Blogger Arrests Hit Record High
Image courtesy of the BBC BBC: More bloggers than ever face arrest for exposing human rights abuses or criticising governments, says a report. Since 2003, 64 people have been arrested for publishing their views on a blog, says the University of Washington...