Free speech can't exist unchained. US politics needs the tonic of order
If America is to speak in a way that heals, as Obama wishes, it needs the curbs and regulations that make freedom of expression real
I hastily get the impression that the concept of free speech is well above this jerk's pay grade. I mean, come on man! "Free speech can't exist unchained"? Really? What definition of "free" are you using?
No need to fisk this one but if you care to read what he has to say, you can do so here.
My favorite comment comes early and indicates that at least some of those we call inhabitants of our ancestral home get it:
dirkbruere
13 January 2011 8:10PM
Irrespective of questions of American free speech, one thing is certain - they have a lot more of it than we do.
Yeah. And most of us like it that way even though we realize that true free speech affords our foes as well as our friends to express their thoughts and expose their minds.
The current problem is not with "free speech" but with the vitriol, the lack of substance, and the dearth of truth in the expressed thoughts. Even then, however, it is helpful to allow each and every one of us to freely spew forth upon any and all topics. How else will we know who the real fools are?
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