Author Topic: This is a proverbial bridge too far......  (Read 11921 times)

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Re: This is a proverbial bridge too far......
« Reply #80 on: March 21, 2018, 04:26:50 PM »
.... and the ACLU defending their 1A rights.

Yep, that's what we do. Like the man* said, "No one is free until we are all free." That includes the least of us, like Nazis.
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Re: This is a proverbial bridge too far......
« Reply #81 on: March 21, 2018, 04:33:07 PM »
Yes, either everyone has civil liberties or no one does.

The real test of the first Amendment is not when we agree with those speaking but when we do NOT agree with those speaking but still insist on their rights to free speech.

Brian

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Re: This is a proverbial bridge too far......
« Reply #82 on: March 21, 2018, 04:36:01 PM »
Yes, either everyone has civil liberties or no one does.

The real test of the first Amendment is not when we agree with those speaking but when we do NOT agree with those speaking but still insist on their rights to free speech.

Brian

Except illegal aliens who by virtue of their illegality are not entitled to the same Constitutional protections as citizens.