tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post1814469274711553679..comments2023-10-31T04:37:20.113-07:00Comments on Bloviating Zeppelin: Wanted By Liberals: Freedom Of Speech RemovedBloviating Zeppelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-67078225501453320312007-05-05T09:10:00.000-07:002007-05-05T09:10:00.000-07:00Robo: it is the imposition of their will that is t...Robo: it is the imposition of their will that is truly the issue as they cannot compete in the open and free market in terms of business OR in terms of IDEAS.<BR/><BR/>BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-34250754181024525522007-05-05T08:51:00.000-07:002007-05-05T08:51:00.000-07:00The problem with liberalism is that it's so unnatu...The problem with liberalism is that it's so unnatural and philosophically unsound that you have to force it on people in order to implement it. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, if you can get away with that, it's pretty easy to convince people it "the right thing". It seems so innocuous and harmless, even beneficial: Keep the earth clean, let everybody have a say, be nice to people.<BR/><BR/>It is possible to do these things without repressing individual freedom by <I>teaching</I> individuals to exercise their free will and personal responsibility. Yet the liberal chooses to impose his or her will on othersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-70066247873453082692007-05-04T14:09:00.000-07:002007-05-04T14:09:00.000-07:00Wordsmith: precisely. That is why Progressives, L...Wordsmith: precisely. That is why Progressives, Liberals and the Democrats are our New Brownshirts.<BR/><BR/>BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-48706627508115784232007-05-04T10:03:00.000-07:002007-05-04T10:03:00.000-07:00The Fairness Doctrine came about in an era when ac...The Fairness Doctrine came about in an era when access to information was limited to tv and radio (as well as print). With the internet, we have more freedom of information flow. <BR/><BR/>I <A HREF="http://hammeringsparksfromtheanvil.blogspot.com/2007/01/affirmative-action-for-liberalism.html" REL="nofollow">blogged about</A> the recent National Conference for Media Reform. Look at everyone who is push-peddling the reinstatement of the fairness doctrine, and it is all liberal activists. They don't want fairness. They want to stifle conservative voices.The WordSmith from Nantuckethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15937868119894243815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-30720385395170817932007-05-03T17:33:00.000-07:002007-05-03T17:33:00.000-07:00Shoprat: I discovered it floating about the digita...Shoprat: I discovered it floating about the digital domain. Please, click on it and copy away. . .<BR/><BR/>BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-77317007822912777512007-05-03T17:06:00.000-07:002007-05-03T17:06:00.000-07:00Your observations are noted and correct, but I rea...Your observations are noted and correct, but I really love that picture of Hitlery. If you made it good work, if you found it, good find. It should be seen over and over again.shoprathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265612188236394307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-71272683138690200552007-05-03T16:57:00.000-07:002007-05-03T16:57:00.000-07:00Why is it so difficult for ProgLibs to see the wri...Why is it so difficult for ProgLibs to see the writing on the wall, the "logical extension?"<BR/><BR/>BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-41408299992513180212007-05-03T15:50:00.000-07:002007-05-03T15:50:00.000-07:00Unfortunately it looks as though Orwell was extrem...Unfortunately it looks as though Orwell was extremely prophetic, as many authors often are.Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02540710405153666843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-5445564770218598192007-05-03T13:56:00.000-07:002007-05-03T13:56:00.000-07:00One of the interesting bits of things to see is ho...One of the interesting bits of things to see is how that sort of thing works... Harrison at <A HREF="http://gotfetch.blogspot.com/2007/04/when-you-say-nothing-at-all.html" REL="nofollow">The Possum Bistro</A> has a great article in which we get a glimpse of the Singaporean Constitution and freedom of speech. Actually, freedom of *anything* as he describes it, in which the people there act free but when the government wishes to do anything, your rights evaporate in the miasma of what is and is not allowable.<BR/><BR/>This is exactly what <A HREF="http://thejacksonianparty.blogspot.com/2006/12/if-it-sounds-like-duck.html" REL="nofollow">Orwell</A> was warning us about... the stifling of thought via restriction of language. Soon words themselves become meaningless as the State wields raw power. <BR/><BR/>There is no such thing as 'hate speech' only hateful people. And as we need to be able to smell roses, we need the ability to smell toxins in the air... so to do we need hateful speech so we can address the awfulness that is behind them. If you can't do that then you have no means of protecting yourself from becoming a pawn of the State.A Jacksonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-44038686199793028532007-05-03T11:14:00.000-07:002007-05-03T11:14:00.000-07:00Gayle: that's the reason for a "review" of the Fir...Gayle: that's the reason for a "review" of the First Amendment for the challenged amongst us; i.e., "Progressives" & Liberals. I pale to use the word, but Communism and Socialism begins in precisely this fashion: stifle dissent and free market expression; allow only what the GOVERNMENT approves.<BR/><BR/>BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-58192762808253016742007-05-03T10:24:00.000-07:002007-05-03T10:24:00.000-07:00In addition, even if Congress were to pass this po...In addition, even if Congress were to pass this pos bill, it wouldn't get past President Bush's desk, but if it were somehow to do so, or if we lose the next election (heaven forbid) then the Supreme Court would overrule it. What really ticks me off is the fact that they are even trying it. As for Soros, that megalomaniac wants to rule the world!Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02540710405153666843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-17456274697842572682007-05-03T10:07:00.000-07:002007-05-03T10:07:00.000-07:00How can they possibly think they can shut down con...How can they possibly think they can shut down conservative talk-show hosts? If they do that, then all media should be shut down, including the liberal MSM! However, I'm not saying that would be right either, BZ. Freedom of speech means freedom of speech for everyone, liberals and conservatives alike, but they cannot and must not have it all one way! Dumb #@!%'s!Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02540710405153666843noreply@blogger.com