The treatment of Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson is being exploited by the
establishment as part of a wider chilling effect on the First
Amendment.
In an effort to crush free speech, control freaks have exploited the controversy as a means of greasing the skids for the censorship of all controversial comment.
Whether you agree with what Robertson said or not, many are now using the issue to claim that so-called "hate speech" should not be allowed in the public arena.
Today that hate speech takes the form of criticizing homosexual lifestyles, tomorrow "hate speech" could be designated as criticism of the state.
We must protect ALL free speech whether it is popular or unpopular.
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." -- Voltaire.
Please 'like' this new Facebook page to show your support for free speech and boycott A&E for abandoning the principles of the First Amendment. Find the page here.
"In a democratic country, people have the right to be homophobic as well as they have the right to support homosexuality — as I one hundred percent do. If people are basing their views against gays on the Bible, again they have a right of religious freedom there."
Feminist and gay social critic Camille Paglia.
In an effort to crush free speech, control freaks have exploited the controversy as a means of greasing the skids for the censorship of all controversial comment.
Whether you agree with what Robertson said or not, many are now using the issue to claim that so-called "hate speech" should not be allowed in the public arena.
Today that hate speech takes the form of criticizing homosexual lifestyles, tomorrow "hate speech" could be designated as criticism of the state.
We must protect ALL free speech whether it is popular or unpopular.
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." -- Voltaire.
Please 'like' this new Facebook page to show your support for free speech and boycott A&E for abandoning the principles of the First Amendment. Find the page here.
"In a democratic country, people have the right to be homophobic as well as they have the right to support homosexuality — as I one hundred percent do. If people are basing their views against gays on the Bible, again they have a right of religious freedom there."
Feminist and gay social critic Camille Paglia.
