Fact
is that free speech is not as respected as it used to be by most people. In September of 2014, 43 Senate Democrats voted for a Constitutional Amendment that would have
allowed Congress to regulate campaign spending by all corporations except
licensed news companies. This would have allowed a federal commission to say
the employees of the New York Times are journalists, while the employees of
Citizens United are not.
On college
campuses, discussions must avoid trigger words, micro aggression and
politically incorrect topics. Professors are reliving the terror periods of the
French and Russian Revolutions. They can be denounced by any student and fired
as a result. Not quite the guillotine or a firing squad, but certainly not free
speech either.
And now we have
Trump trying to use loosened libel laws to reach the same ends. It's hard
enough to fight this manure from the left. Why would anyone on the right buy
this BS? Trump's big talent is mouthing off to the press. This is his world
class way of setting himself apart from other Republican presidential
candidates. Given how poorly the Republicans have defended their ideas, it's a
welcome relief from the usual mumbling against outright lies from the Pravda
Press. But this only works if it's a fair fight, Trump versus the media. Using
the government to punish your enemies is an Obama thing. Using the government
to suppress the press is a Putin thing. I really don't want to leave my 6
grandchildren an America without free speech. I will fight both people on the
left and people on the right who are trying to limit free speech for temporary
personal advantage.