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| FREEDOM OF SPEECH |
| Wednesday, January 10, 2007 |
| MOST "LIBERALS" I HAVE MET ARE STAUNCH ADVOCATES OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT...AS LONG AS IT IS SPEECH THEY AGREE WITH. THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS SNIPET (SOLE EDITOR) HAS BEEN BANNED (COMMENTS DELETED!) FROM 4 "LIBERAL" BLOGS FOR ASKING QUESTIONS AND THREATENED AT 3 "LIBERAL" BLOGS FOR DISAGREEING WITH OPINION. CHECK EACH TIME, IT WAS VERY ELOQUENTLY LAID OUT THE REASONING BEHIND THE BAN, BUT WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT, IT WAS GOOD OLD FASHIONED CENSORSHIP. THIS OUT ON ONE OF THE BLOGS THAT I AM NOT ALLOWED ON. (SUGGEST YOU READ THE WHOLE POST)
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P.S. I HAVE BEEN VEHEMENTLY DISAGREED WITH ON 2 "CONSERVATIVE" BLOGS, DISAGREED WITH AN A DOZEN OR MORE "CONSERVATIVE" BLOGS, BUT SO FAR I HAVE NEVER BEEN BANNED.
COULD IT BE THAT "LIBERALS" CHAMPION THE BILL OF RIGHTS ONLY WHEN IT APPLIES TO THEM? |
posted by Jack Mercer @ 1/10/2007 06:00:00 PM   |
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Originalists hold the Bill of Rights sacred, CH. Neocons--not entirely sure about them. I guess this is why I really have difficulty referring to myself as a "conservative"--was one back when Goldwater was--guess he was the last (but far from perfect). Now it seems like we just have "factions" in the United States--neither of them concerned with preserving what so many have sacrificed to obtain...
-Jack
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"Snipet" (pronounced: snipe - it) is not a word.It is a derivative of two words: "Snipe" and "Snippet".
Miriam Webster defines Snipe as: to aim a carping or snide attack, or: to shoot at exposed individuals (as of an enemy's forces) from a usually concealed point of vantage.
Miriam Webster defines Snippet as: : a small part, piece, or thing; especially : a brief quotable passage.
In short, "Snipets" are brief, snide shots at exposed situations from a concealed vantage point.
WARNING! With due reverence to the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment there is NO comment policy on the News Snipet.
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