Category Archives: Freedom of the Press

Cometh the censor. Sort of.

Why did Google object to the picture? Was it just mindless automated political correctness? The tone of the writing in the email—it is prissy high-school prose—suggests a recent and censorious female graduate of one of our dismalized universities. So maybe … Continue reading

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NRA: Gun blogs, videos, web forums threatened by new Obama regulation

…that would include blogs and web forums discussing technical details of common guns and ammunition, the type of info gun owners and ammo reloaders trade all the time…Gunsmiths, manufacturers, reloaders, and do-it-yourselfers could all find themselves muzzled under the rule … Continue reading

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Senator: Bring RICO Charges Against Climate Wrongthink

It started with tobacco, but it won’t end there. Did any of you ever dream that it would come to this? George Orwell was an optimist. — jtl, 419 by Walter Olson via Foundation for Economic Education It’s another step … Continue reading

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A Tale of Two Borders

Those backward Chinese cretins. WE would never countenance this sort of behavior here in the U.S.A. We have the First Amendment!… That’s not quite right…When you arrive from outside the country at a U.S. airport or land crossing, Department of … Continue reading

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This is just wrong in so freakin’ many ways.

You ask for federal regulation? You support federal regulation? Then you’re shocked, simply shocked! when you get federal regulation — and it turns out it benefits the feds more than you? Oh, you pooo widdle baby! Such a surprise! Who … Continue reading

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What Freedom of Speech?

The French government has prohibited speech it considers to be hateful and even made it criminal. When the predecessor magazine to Charlie Hebdo once mocked the death of Charles de Gaulle, the French government shut it down — permanently. Government … Continue reading

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Je Suis Donald

By Bionic Mosquito via LewRockwell.com Whatever happened to NBA owner Donald Sterling’s free speech? There has been a global outpouring of support for free speech (more precisely, speech without consequence) in the wake of a recent tragedy…well let’s have Time Magazine tell the … Continue reading

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Je Suis Critical: An Individualist Libertarian’s Take on the France Shootings

  The front page of every newspaper exclaimed that this was an attack on “liberte”… or liberty.  Very similar to how the 9/11 attacks were pushed as being done because “they hate us for our freedom”…The main question is, “What … Continue reading

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A friend says: “I am not Charlie Hebdo” (part I)

The topic of government hypocrisy is likely to be boring and “ho hum” to radical libertarians (aka Anarcho-Capitalists). But, that does not make spreading the word any less important–there are still a lot of zombies out there that believe government is the … Continue reading

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It’s Only Censorship When They Do It

It is true that terrorists hate freedom of speech. But in that they differ little from western countries. They only employ different methods. Government hypocrisy? Naaaw, tell me it ain’t so! — jtl, 419 by Erick Vasconcelos  from Center for a … Continue reading

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