On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 2:57 PM, keith smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Killian and the FBI want us to know it is against federal law to speak > out against political Islam. What federal law? Where is it against the > law to speak your mind in a free America? The mere thought that the DOJ > and the FBI can come into small town America and say what we can and > cannot do is preposterous and begs one to ask what are their motives > inside our Constitutional Republic and where they are aligned? > > > http://bradleycountynews.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/dojfbi-to-criminalize-free-speech-in-tn-imprisonment-for-negative-posts-against-political-islam/ > --- > > Oh, come on now. That's absolute hogwash. Do you really believe the federal government is "criminalizing negative posts against political Islam"? Because you read it on some guy's Wordpress blog? Seriously? There are a lot of problems with the U.S. government, regarding which we can speak at length, civilly, rationally, and with facts. Yes, I believe in the freedom - right - to bear arms. No, I don't think the government is going to come in black helicopters and take my extensive collection of scary black guns. Yes, the FISA courts need more transparency and stricter warrant requirements, and much more oversight. No, I don't believe the government is compiling a personality profile on me, or is preparing me for brainwashing, or whatever (I'm not really caught up on all of the new conspiracy theories, forgive me). Yes, I think 9/11 allowed the executive branch to grab too much power, and provoked two thoughtless wars. No, I don't think the government brought down the towers in a controlled demolition. Look, I had boots on the ground in Afghanistan a handful of months after 9/11. I was in Iraq for the better part of two years. The idea that the federal government is competent enough to orchestrate any of these things is ludicrous. Do I believe the NSA has employees and higher ups peeking in on private conversations without warrants? Probably. And they shouldn't. But it's not some grand conspiracy to deploy Sharia law in the United States. In large bureaucracies, it's not some shadowy puppet master controlling the strings - it's mostly drones committing these tiny evils that snowball on their own. Does that mean you shouldn't complain or protest these violations of your rights? Absolutely not! But you can't start screaming about ridiculous conspiracy theories and expect to be taken seriously. If that's one thing libertarians have going against them, it's that. You need to organize, formulate your complaints intelligently and with dignity, and replace the offenders according to the Constitution - especially in the legislative branch. You can't demand to see Obama's birth certificate, you can't rant about, of all things, the federal government outlawing negative comments about Muslims. You'd think FOX News would be shutdown by Friday if that were the case. Josh /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
