Thank goodness our founding fathers recognized the need to protect citizens against a government which might be tempted to jail people for what they said.
But freedom of speech is a unique right. Few if any other countries recognize such a right for their citizens. For example, in Britain a fellow has been convicted for a youtube video. That's according to Britain’s Joke War: The Pug and Count Dankula. To wit:
Count Dankula, a YouTube prankster, posted a video in which his girlfriend’s pug gives a Nazi salute, watches Hitler footage, and responds enthusiastically to the remark, “Gas the Jews.” Mr. Dankula appears to be headed for prison, having been convicted of a hate crime by a Glasgow judge. Dankula — real name Mark Meechan of Scotland — is annoying, and in Britain that’s against the law. Section 127 of the Communications Act of 2003 declares it illegal intentionally to “cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another” with online posts. Meechan’s sentencing is set for April 28.
This might be a good time to remember that guy who made a video and became the target of the U.S. government after he became the scapegoat for the Benghazi fiasco. At least in that case the government made the plausible claim that he wasn't prosecuted for the video but for some ancillary charge.
In any case, the left would love to outlaw speech with which they disagree, and it's incumbent on the rest of us to try to protect the bill of rights and all the rights listed therein.
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11:19 AM 4/22/2018
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