| Re: The Slippery Slope to Free Speech for the Working Class |
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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: JohnJohn Date: Aug 27, 2008 18:42
> On Aug 27, 5:44 pm, John wrote:
>> Fred Weiss wrote:
>>> On Aug 27, 1:01 am, Shrikeb...@ gmail.com wrote:
>>>> ...Thank McCain for Campaign Speech Reform.
>>> I assume you are referring to McCain-Feingold. In my view it is such
>>> a blatant, direct assault on the 1st Amend., it is sufficient grounds
>>> to oppose McCain for president. [...]
>> One minute here. Is that bill intended to give a break from the usual
>> bullshit (new media, etc.) before the election?
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> No, it's meant to give politicians a means to
> silence opposing viewpoints.
But is is given a time-frame, correct? What's wrong with placing a limit
upon political speech that would obviate rebuttal due to time constraints?
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