May 31, 2013
— Ace In the early twentieth century, there were a lot of prosecutions of Communists because they urged blowing up factories and train lines -- their literature was full of incitements to violence.
However, in a lot of cases, these incitements were largely (it was contended) rhetorical.
The Supreme Court decided that the First Amendment is too important to permit prosecutions of on-the-line speech -- speech had to be well over the line to be subject to prosecution.
Oliver Wendel Holmes established the "clear and present danger" test -- no speech could be prosecuted unless it produced a clear threat of imminent, immediate (present) lawlessness and violence.
Prosecutions could not be founded on speculative "This might lead to violence" grounds.
Yelling "fire" in a crowded theater could get one prosecuted -- because one can see how such speech would immediately provoke a panicked run for the exits.
Shouting to an angry, near-riotous crowd "Let's go kill the mayor!" could get you prosecuted, because that would be called an incitement which has a clear and present danger of actually being followed through on.
But less than that? Anything less than a direct incitement to perform a specific illegal action which has a present likelihood of being executed?
We are free in such speech. As Holmes argued almost a hundred years ago, we must be pretty free in our speech, or else we'll always be looking over our shoulders and censoring ourselves for fear of the Government Prosecutors putting us in jail for exercising our inalienable rights as Americans.
This was the law of the land for nearly a hundred years.
Apparently it is no longer US law in the Eastern district of Tennessee.
Why? And did we vote on this? At what point did we, as a free people which supposedly decides our own laws, decide to overturn this nearly 100 year old judicial precedent?
Did Bill Killian decide to overturn this precedent himself, or was this directive crafted by his boss, Eric Holder?
Corrected: I originally suggested this case came down in the 30s. It's older than that -- it came down in 1919.
More: A commenter notes the doctrine was expanded and intensified in Brandenburg v. Ohio in 1969.
I've never heard a liberal challenging this doctrine -- until now. They really liked the doctrine when it was protecting elements of the left from prosecution. Now it's protecting some elements on the right (well, I don't know if they're on the right, but they're antagonistic to members of the left's coalition) so apparently now it's been repealed.
At least as far as people hostile to the left's coalition.
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Posted by: dfbaskwill at May 31, 2013 07:41 AM (ndlFj)
Posted by: morgan at May 31, 2013 07:41 AM (/mrpB)
Posted by: Cowboy Bob at May 31, 2013 07:41 AM (6GZ+p)
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama's Greatest Hits at May 31, 2013 07:42 AM (MZtem)
Posted by: Ezra Klein at May 31, 2013 07:42 AM (z9HTb)
These idiots are testing the small shit out in the hinterlands, before springing it on us.
It's not being paranoid if you're right.
Posted by: Rev dr E buzz at May 31, 2013 07:42 AM (raGXo)
Why? And did we vote on this? At what point did we, as a free people which supposedly decides our own laws, decide to overturn this nearly 100 year old judicial precedent
We haven't decided our own laws for at least thirty years.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 31, 2013 07:43 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at May 31, 2013 07:43 AM (ndlFj)
The constitution is old and hard to understand.
Posted by: Eine Kleine Ezra at May 31, 2013 07:43 AM (6GZ+p)
That is long standing SC precedent. Neither one of these criminal assholes have the authority to override it.
Posted by: Vic at May 31, 2013 07:44 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: teej at May 31, 2013 07:44 AM (RYVE/)
Posted by: Bronco Bama at May 31, 2013 07:44 AM (/jHWN)
Yelling "fire" in a crowded theater could get one prosecuted -- because one can see how such speech would immediately provoke a panicked run for the exits. ]
Can't you yell "fire!" in a crowded theater if there's actually a fire? This has always confused me.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 31, 2013 07:44 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: RiverC at May 31, 2013 07:44 AM (El+h4)
Posted by: Eric Holder at May 31, 2013 07:44 AM (N9thc)
Posted by: RiverC at May 31, 2013 07:45 AM (El+h4)
Will they replace Eric Holder with Jamie Gorelick?
That would be a step up, as hard as that is to believe.
Then again, replace Holder with a golden retriever would be two steps up. At least they're lovable.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 31, 2013 07:45 AM (Z2Bkq)
liveleak.com/view?i=3bf_1324671661
"I'm gonna get me a shotgun and kill all the whiteys I see...
When I kill all the whiteys I see, then whitey he won't bother me...
I'm gonna get me a shotgun and kill all the whiteys I see..."
Unlike pornography, not everyone interprets speech in the same way. Some are just humorless and thin-skinned.
Posted by: Serious Cat at May 31, 2013 07:45 AM (UypUQ)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 31, 2013 07:46 AM (irlNU)
Posted by: Exceptionally Mediocre at May 31, 2013 07:46 AM (ZKGJl)
Posted by: Clinton's aids at May 31, 2013 07:46 AM (wsGWu)
I didn't know anything about this until I read it in the newspaper.
Posted by: Eric Holder at May 31, 2013 07:46 AM (MwpsQ)
Posted by: Michelle Chewbama at May 31, 2013 07:46 AM (EX+sq)
Posted by: Jollyroger at May 31, 2013 07:46 AM (t06LC)
Posted by: moki at May 31, 2013 07:47 AM (SdetR)
Posted by: Yip at May 31, 2013 07:47 AM (/jHWN)
It doesn't take a memo to get the message.
Posted by: xbradtc at May 31, 2013 07:47 AM (N6KNa)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at May 31, 2013 11:44 AM (4df7R)
That is because you seldom hear the entire quote.
The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic. [...] The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.
Posted by: Vic at May 31, 2013 07:47 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: phoenixgirl....in Maui phoenixgirl@phxazgrl at May 31, 2013 07:48 AM (QgtxK)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 31, 2013 07:48 AM (zA7Zp)
We can't be done with these criminals fast enough. It is my sincere hope that Obama does do time, but he might be clean of any specific implication, and thus won't be able to be indicted. However, it is a moot point if the criminality of this administration can be used to trash the Democrats and Liberalism in extension. That is the war, this is merely a battle.
Posted by: RiverC at May 31, 2013 07:48 AM (El+h4)
Posted by: Vic at May 31, 2013 11:44 AM (lZvxr)
The problem there is that you have to go through acres of red tape and hundreds of legal hurdles before a case can be heard before the SC. And what are the odds that along the way you'll find yourself trying to plead your case in front of a series of leftwing judges, the products of a Harvard education, who think you're just the worst person in the WORLD to be saying mean things about Muslims?
And even if you don't -- even if the case is thrown out before it goes to trial, on the grounds the charges are unconstitutional -- how long will that take? How long do you get to sit in prison for exercising your Constitutional rights while the lawyers and the judges haggle over the meaning of the words "civil" and "rights?"
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 31, 2013 07:49 AM (4df7R)
[It has its own moon.]
SMOD, take us away!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 31, 2013 07:49 AM (lVPtV)
Does anyone believe that Choom Boy is NOT pushing this shit like crazy (except his toe-sucking liberal worshipers, that is)?
It all works together: punish free speech (at least that of conservatives, Christians, persons of non-color, etc.), make the world safe for President Historic First's© Muzzie terrorist pals = power and profit.
At some point, the only remedy will be for someone to actually start a push to hold the Chicago Jesus accountable. The alternative is to surrender the Constitution and say hello to our new America-hating, treason-sowing criminal overlords.
Do I think anyone of the "conservative" side will get up off their asses and lead? Naaaah.
That would be too much like work....
Posted by: MrScribbler at May 31, 2013 07:49 AM (mHrip)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 31, 2013 07:49 AM (zA7Zp)
Posted by: mrshad at May 31, 2013 07:50 AM (Xqfwb)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows you never wear white shoes after Labor Day at May 31, 2013 07:50 AM (xw77v)
Posted by: Prescient11 at May 31, 2013 07:50 AM (tVTLU)
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Change "Mayor" to "Infidel" and you could prosecute just about every Imam in the country.
But *I* can't say that, lest I be prosecuted.
Got it.
Once again, I have one word for Mr. Killian:
"MAPPLETHORPE"
And two other words: "Blow Me!"
Posted by: Nighthawk at May 31, 2013 07:50 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: Chief Justice Roberts at May 31, 2013 07:50 AM (6GZ+p)
Posted by: lincolntf at May 31, 2013 07:50 AM (ZshNr)
Its much like the Lerner case... one where a Lawyer really does not believe in Rights... and so does not know their actual boundaries...
Much like Obama...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2013 07:51 AM (lZBBB)
"How long until Clark and Ding have a chat with the people at the White House who cut them off?"
We should be so lucky as to have the smarts to use a little pain to head off a lot of blood. We're not.
Posted by: Jaws at May 31, 2013 07:52 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: Vic at May 31, 2013 07:52 AM (lZvxr)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows you never wear white shoes after Labor Day at May 31, 2013 07:52 AM (xw77v)
At what point does this cross the line? I mean, this is kinda depressing really. Freaking Democrats... been ruining this country my entire life... I hoped when Ted Kennedy and his ilk started dying off things would get better... wrong
Posted by: Yip at May 31, 2013 07:52 AM (/jHWN)
It's because the Left doesn't view muslims as a threat to their power and the established order of things
That's why leftists only use the term "enemy" in reference to conservatives
Posted by: kbdabear at May 31, 2013 07:52 AM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Lauren at May 31, 2013 07:52 AM (wsGWu)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 31, 2013 07:52 AM (XYSwB)
Posted by: Major major major major at May 31, 2013 07:53 AM (FbDCr)
Re: Tennessee.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 31, 2013 11:52 AM (XYSwB)
See the post immediately preceding this one.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 31, 2013 07:53 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: dogfish at May 31, 2013 07:53 AM (nsOJa)
Posted by: viking at May 31, 2013 07:53 AM (AaIjD)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 31, 2013 07:53 AM (zA7Zp)
Posted by: Mr Estrada at May 31, 2013 07:53 AM (aLyv3)
Posted by: Bill Shakespeare at May 31, 2013 07:54 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 31, 2013 07:54 AM (NDNbv)
Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at May 31, 2013 07:54 AM (xw77v)
Posted by: Mr Pink at May 31, 2013 07:54 AM (TThYE)
Posted by: shredded chi at May 31, 2013 07:54 AM (2UrMT)
What amazes me is that they give Islam the 'Religious Freedom' and Free Speech shields when they talk about killing Christians and Jews... or talk about beating women... or stoning Gays...
Yet are now going to go after a guy posting something on the internet??
Would that picture, with the shotgun, not ALSO be protected under both Freedom of Speech, and Freedom of Religion?
And they apparently don't see a problem?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2013 07:54 AM (lZBBB)
Posted by: infovore at May 31, 2013 07:54 AM (0llFJ)
However, does the House of Representatives have the power to impeach a US Attorney? If the House does have that power is it politically realistic to do it?
The important thing to remember is that Obama is safe but his underlings are not.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at May 31, 2013 07:54 AM (31Nrp)
But, natch, cynics - *of course this is the case.*
Posted by: RiverC at May 31, 2013 07:54 AM (El+h4)
We are different than the Brits precisely because of these rights.
The destruction of our clear and unambiguous right to free speech will be the most significant step toward a European style socialist state.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2013 07:54 AM (O6Tmi)
Killian is talking out of his a**. I hate to blast all US attorneys, because so many are extremely hard-working dedicated men and women. But others (and it appears to be an evergrowing set) love bringing down the power of government on people doing things they don't agree with politically. Which, by the way, is another reason why we need to reduce the role of government in our lives. If there are less things that are criminal law violations, there are less things the Justice Dept and US attorneys can use as a means to flex their power.
I would love to see Killian test his theory. In Snyder v. Phelps (2011) the Supreme Court upheld the ability of the Westboro Church crowd to insult the family of a dead marine at the Marine's funeral. In pretty clear language, the Supreme Court took a different view than Mr. Killian --
"in public debate we must tolerate insulting, and even outrageous, speech in order to provide adequate 'breathing space' to the freedoms protected by the First Amendment."Posted by: nc at May 31, 2013 07:55 AM (fkBVg)
Posted by: mugiwara at May 31, 2013 07:55 AM (hpYnL)
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 31, 2013 07:55 AM (PAKAE)
"We are free in such speech." Hahahahahahahaha....
LI has a great article on the practice of the IRS to harass and intimidate groups based on their polictical and religious beliefs beyond the Tea Party.
"As Holmes argued almost a hundred years ago, we must be pretty free in our speech, or else we'll always be looking over our shoulders and censoring ourselves for fear of the Government Prosecutors putting us in jail for exercising our inalienable rights as Americans."
We are witnessing the climax of the fundamental transformation of the United States from a free republican government to a facist government and apparently no one in congress has the spine or the fortitude to challenge it, let alone impede it.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 31, 2013 07:56 AM (PsfVm)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 31, 2013 11:53 AM (zA7Zp)
Or fellating the judge.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 31, 2013 07:56 AM (O6Tmi)
Posted by: t-bird at May 31, 2013 07:56 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: shredded chi at May 31, 2013 11:54 AM (2UrMT)
Paranoia is defined as an IRRATIONAL Fear... what do you call it when its a Well Thought Out, RATIONAL Fear...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2013 07:56 AM (lZBBB)
I treat my toilet paper with far more respect than O'Bumbles treats the Constitution. (That screed of negative liberties!)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at May 31, 2013 07:56 AM (ndlFj)
Posted by: viking at May 31, 2013 11:53 AM (AaIjD)
The Exec Branch does not give two shits about Separation of Powers, as evidenced by Bammy's willingness to circumnavigate an "obstructionist" Congress through Executive Orders, and to ignore SCOTUS rulings that he doesn't like. Far as I know, those off-shore drilling permits SCOTUS told them to quit delaying? Still delayed.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 31, 2013 07:56 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 31, 2013 07:56 AM (zA7Zp)
Posted by: joeindc44 at May 31, 2013 07:57 AM (QxSug)
Posted by: Waldo at May 31, 2013 07:57 AM (dHIHO)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows freedom is slavery at May 31, 2013 07:57 AM (xw77v)
Posted by: Lauren at May 31, 2013 07:57 AM (wsGWu)
Posted by: Zombie Kurt Cobain at May 31, 2013 07:57 AM (zA7Zp)
You either get your head cut off or you get stoned.
Posted by: Bomber at May 31, 2013 07:57 AM (AkdCZ)
IANAL,
But seems given the background on Brandenberg v. Ohio (i.e. what actually happened) that the case in question is really no worse than that (if it even reaches that, it's unclear, but moot really.)
"I'm offended" and "it's offensive!" are two entirely different things (as the guy who writes SMBC is wont to say.) This is clearly the case of the former being pushed into the latter.
Posted by: tsrblke at May 31, 2013 07:57 AM (GaqMa)
However what they can do, and as is their history, is use the auspices of our state, a state of which we are the rightful owners. to intimidate, harass and wrongly prosecute those who disagree with their whimsical fiats and tyrannical actions.
We see these diabolical act's come to life in the IRS Scandal, James Rosen and the AP's prosecution, the New Black Panther Incident and even Benghazi.
It is the misuse of our government for nefarious ends, ends which do not comport with Constitutional boundaries, undertaken by despots and enforced or supported by a treasonous liege of underlings, like-minded citizens, the fawning press and other anti-democratic cast-offs.
It is the tyranny of a majority which lives and breaths amongst us and breeds like a cancer.
Posted by: Marcus at May 31, 2013 07:58 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Sheriff Joe Arpaio at May 31, 2013 07:58 AM (XYSwB)
'Cause we might be approaching such points.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at May 31, 2013 07:58 AM (eHIJJ)
PASADENA (CBSLA.com) — A mile-long asteroid set to pass safely by Earth on Friday
Hey, asteroid! You led us by too much, asshole!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 31, 2013 07:59 AM (Z2Bkq)
Thread-winner. But the answer is beheading none-the-less.
Posted by: dfbaskwill at May 31, 2013 07:59 AM (ndlFj)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 31, 2013 07:59 AM (zA7Zp)
Posted by: fluffy at May 31, 2013 07:59 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Waldo at May 31, 2013 07:59 AM (dHIHO)
Obama is the source of all of this.
We're supposed to believe he de-radicalized, that he's all cool with Whitey now?
No...
Posted by: Rev dr E buzz at May 31, 2013 07:59 AM (raGXo)
Posted by: EC at May 31, 2013 07:59 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 31, 2013 07:59 AM (g1DWB)
If this stands, then someone needs to go to Jeremiah Wright's church, Louis Farakhan's mosque, etc., and get those bastards ON TAPE spouting off about Jews and Whiteys.
I'm pretty sure that some of the radical mosques preach "Death to all Americans" five times a day.....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at May 31, 2013 08:00 AM (ADnWI)
Just add it to the list. He recently took the White Out to free speech and due process at colleges.
There should be a list. The Internet likes lists.
Posted by: CJ at May 31, 2013 08:00 AM (9KqcB)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows freedom is slavery at May 31, 2013 08:00 AM (xw77v)
By the same token, writing about how the Islamic religion glorifies murder of the non-Muslim world and sanctions child molestation does not even require analysis under the "clear and present danger" test.
Posted by: Useless Information at May 31, 2013 08:00 AM (FDGeg)
Posted by: joeindc44 at May 31, 2013 08:00 AM (QxSug)
It's no majority. It is the tyranny of a powerful and influential minority. The White Liberal Club.
Posted by: RiverC at May 31, 2013 08:00 AM (El+h4)
Posted by: USS CONSTITUTION at May 31, 2013 08:01 AM (KqwSL)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 31, 2013 08:01 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: joeindc44 at May 31, 2013 08:01 AM (QxSug)
What good are SCOTUS rulings and laws if they are not enforced? If there were ever someone who needed to be impeached and incarcerated, Eric the Red would personify that someone.
Feckless, cowards those Republicans. I wouldn't piss in their mouth if their teeth hwere on fire.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 31, 2013 08:01 AM (PsfVm)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 31, 2013 08:01 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Waldo at May 31, 2013 08:01 AM (dHIHO)
Posted by: joeindc44 at May 31, 2013 08:02 AM (QxSug)
Posted by: RushBabe at May 31, 2013 08:03 AM (qkZxk)
I feel the same way about the Rosenbergs. Guilty guilty guilty.
Posted by: huerfano at May 31, 2013 08:03 AM (bAGA/)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows freedom is slavery at May 31, 2013 08:03 AM (xw77v)
Well, I agree with you they'll overreach as far as anyone will let them but the S. Ct. isn't going to go along with its fundamental power being usurped. Executive orders are within the Exec. branches powers, so an inopposite example. I thought the drilling permits rulings were lower fed courts, not S. Ct.? I ask because they'd argue maintaing status quo pending appeals..
Posted by: viking at May 31, 2013 08:04 AM (AaIjD)
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
Hmmmm......
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2013 08:04 AM (lZBBB)
"After long shifts driving his cab in Manhattan, Ahmed Nadal goes home to his wife Fatima in their modest home in Jersey City to a meticulously home cooked halal meal. At his KITCHEN TABLE, Nadal describes the anxieties felt each day by an immigrant who like those who first arrived 120 years ago, feel the sting of discrimination"
'I know how black people in the South must have felt' says Nadal, a sad look upon his gentle face ... "
Posted by: kbdabear at May 31, 2013 08:04 AM (mCvL4)
We've been told that Radical Mosques in America make up more than 80% of the total. IN AMERICA.
Posted by: likemyheadtoomuch at May 31, 2013 08:04 AM (ndlFj)
Posted by: Waldo at May 31, 2013 08:04 AM (dHIHO)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 31, 2013 08:05 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Matchesmalone at May 31, 2013 08:05 AM (fXAFI)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows freedom is slavery at May 31, 2013 08:05 AM (xw77v)
Kennedy and ilk were liberal Democrats. But that's not who the Democrats are today. They are The New Party which is to say Statist/Fascists until they can finally attain Communist. The GOP is the new Democrat. The Tea Party would be old school Republicans.
The Overton Window leaped Left while most Americans dozed.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at May 31, 2013 08:06 AM (eHIJJ)
You could always just preface your comment with-
"Some have said..."
or end it with-
"...or so I've heard."
EXAMPLES:
Some have said, "Let's go kill the mayor!" or so I've heard.
Some have said, "Islam sucks!" or so I've heard.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 31, 2013 08:06 AM (pxDth)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies. at May 31, 2013 08:07 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 31, 2013 08:07 AM (ZPrif)
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It's not nice, it's not pretty, we didn't think that was the real result but: The civil rights act and anti-discrimination laws.
Sorry.
Racism is bad. It is Evil.
But telling a man what he can and cannot do, when such acts or non-action, does not infringe upon the life, liberty or property of another, is a greater evil.
It's an ugly truth. But we are beginning to see the true fruit of those laws. And it is not making America a better place--it is giving the state more power to deem more and more as criminals.
Posted by: RoyalOil at May 31, 2013 08:07 AM (VjL9S)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 31, 2013 08:07 AM (/PCJa)
They, along with the Rosenbergs and Alger Hiss, were convicted for exactly what they did but have become martyrs by idiots trying to re-write history and holding "mock trials' to exonerate them.
The people trying to exonerate assorted historical assholes are not idiots. Quite the contrary. They know perfectly well that all of said assholes were guilty as sin, but that's what makes them perfect for their purpose, which is agitation.
Find some clown who is obviously guilty, and support him as if he were the Baby Jesus. That mobilizes a lot of useful idiots, and provokes scorn and resistance from the grown-ups, radicalizing the useful idiots - which was the purpose of the whole exercise.
Now either the clown is convicted and punished - and becomes another martyr for The Cause - or he's acquitted, which they spin as The Man backing down in the face of The People. Win either way.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 31, 2013 08:07 AM (Z2Bkq)
Posted by: joeindc44 at May 31, 2013 08:07 AM (QxSug)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows freedom is slavery at May 31, 2013 08:08 AM (xw77v)
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Evil always preaches tolerance until it gains power . . . .
Posted by: RoyalOil at May 31, 2013 08:08 AM (VjL9S)
For whats it worth, the only recent case that remotely could be held to support Killian's view of the world is Virginia v. Black (2003), where the Supreme Court upheld a Virginia statute prohibiting cross burning as a means to intimidate. But that case was really a unique outlier that had more to do (I think) with the fact that the case involved a former Confederate state, the South's past history of racial oppression (and don't flame me, I am just noting the court's logic), the Klan was the perpretator of one of the cross burnings at issue in the case, and one of the cross burnings occurred right next to an African American's yard during the night.
The case is kind of a mess since there were multiple opinions and shifting groups of justices on different rulings in the case. Honestly, outside of the unique facts of that case, I am not sure if Virgnia v. Black has any real precedential value.
Posted by: nc at May 31, 2013 08:08 AM (fkBVg)
It's no majority. It is the tyranny of a powerful and influential minority. The White Liberal Club.
Posted by: RiverC at May 31, 2013 12:00 PM (El+h4)
Yep... hit me a couple weeks ago.... I was asking how could the supposedly small minority of Militant Jihadi types highjack the entire 1 Billion Islamic people?
Then it hit me.... something like 1% of people are Gay... Yet we are allowing the Gay agenda to dictate a large portion of how our society Acts...
I'm thinking its the same dynamic.... now just have to figure out how to combat it.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2013 08:08 AM (lZBBB)
Posted by: joeindc44 at May 31, 2013 08:08 AM (QxSug)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 31, 2013 08:09 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 31, 2013 08:10 AM (ZPrif)
When the soap box and the ballot box cease to be recognized by the government, we're headed into dangerous waters.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, The Colossus of Independence at May 31, 2013 08:10 AM (fwARV)
AllenG - that's beautiful, man. /sniff
**Overly Dramatic Clap**
A guy that writes like that deserves his own blog.
Posted by: garrett at May 31, 2013 08:10 AM (i5dfl)
Thanks! Was driving down that way recently and wasn't sure what to make of it. Thought it might be Scientology, but then it looks vaguely like a crescent moon on top of one of the spires.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 31, 2013 08:10 AM (B/VB5)
The civil rights violation gambit has been in play for awhile now. I can't remember the details, but there was a case in PA where some kids beat up some other kids allegedly based on racial grounds. The jury found the kids not guilty on the state criminal charges and the local US Attorney promptly brought them to trial on civil rights violations.
It's not double jeopardy. It's ... uh ... 1.5 jeopardy. We'll just keep trying someone on the same fact pattern until we get the result we want, that's all.
And don't get me started on "hate crime." What's the antonym? Is there a "love crime?" Presumably killing or beating someone is a tipoff that you're crazy about them, right?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 31, 2013 08:10 AM (Z2Bkq)
Posted by: joeindc44 at May 31, 2013 08:11 AM (QxSug)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 31, 2013 08:12 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: RWC at May 31, 2013 08:12 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 31, 2013 08:13 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 31, 2013 08:13 AM (g1DWB)
The new-hard left has arisen in the vacuum and the most of the mainline donks are ok but unsettled, but for now their riding that alligator because they're happy to be in power... and to donks, it's always been about being in power and patronage. Giving away citizens money to donk constituencies to maintain a voting block and more power.
I can't stand democrats.... and that is a problem in my family because the entire generation older than me is BLUE democrat as far as the eye can see, and they're loving the fall of BushHitler and the rise of the Bronco...
Posted by: Yip at May 31, 2013 08:14 AM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 31, 2013 12:10 PM (Z2Bkq)
Yes.... filming Sex in California without a Condom....
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2013 08:14 AM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Waldo at May 31, 2013 08:14 AM (dHIHO)
You know what we really need now?
You know what we morons really need a shit load of right fucking now?
The wisdom of a Latina woman.
Posted by: I take back all the shitty things I've said about this shitty blog at May 31, 2013 08:14 AM (qxcKC)
Posted by: WrathOfGod at May 31, 2013 08:14 AM (ddb4x)
But that case was really a unique outlier that had more to do (I think) with the fact that the case involved a former Confederate state, the South's past history of racial oppression (and don't flame me, I am just noting the court's logic),the Klan was the perpetrator of one of the cross burnings at issue in the case, and one of the cross burnings occurred right next to an African American's yard during the night.
So, much like gun control, a cleaner way to effect protection without harming law-abiding citizens would be to prohibit cross-burning (or gun ownership) by Democrats. Problem solved.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 31, 2013 08:14 AM (Z2Bkq)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows you never wear white shoes after Labor Day at May 31, 2013 11:50 AM (xw77v)
If false? Multiple cases of blue balls.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 31, 2013 08:15 AM (DrWcr)
U.S. attorney appointee Bill C. Killian promises fairness
'There won't be political considerations in this office,' he says
http://tinyurl.com/kyy8seo
"I can assure you, I am no political figurehead," the 61-year-old Killian said in an interview last week. "I don't think politics solely get you the job. It's a very political process, but once you get confirmed by the (U.S.) Senate and sworn in, you check your politics at the door.
"I took an oath to uphold the Constitution, and I will do so," he continued. "There won't be political considerations in this office."
Posted by: kbdabear at May 31, 2013 08:15 AM (mCvL4)
And don't get me started on "hate crime." What's the antonym? Is there a "love crime?"
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 31, 2013 12:10 PM (Z2Bkq)
Just you waite. Soon we'll hear about "honor killings" and "pedophilic incest" being prosecuted as "love crimes."
"I just loved him/her so much, judge! I couldn't bear to let anyone else have them!"
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at May 31, 2013 08:15 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: WrathOfGod at May 31, 2013 12:14 PM (ddb4x)
Been saying for years... When the ONLY Check on Federal Power, is the Federal Government, you have a serious problem.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 31, 2013 08:16 AM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Waldo at May 31, 2013 08:16 AM (dHIHO)
For the record: US Attorneys are appointed by the President (and, I think, require Senate confirmation). His boss is not Eric Holder. Holder is (at most) his "supervisor."
His boss is the President.
So US Attorneys now report ultimately to George Soros?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 31, 2013 08:16 AM (Z2Bkq)
Posted by: fluffy at May 31, 2013 08:16 AM (z9HTb)
That reminds me of an interesting data point from the MSNBC ratings: about 1/4 of their audience is ages 18-49, the rest are older.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 31, 2013 08:16 AM (B/VB5)
You know what we really need now?
You know what we morons really need a shit load of right fucking now?
The bouncing boobehs of a Latina woman.
Posted by: Yessssssssssssss at May 31, 2013 08:17 AM (EGPJQ)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 31, 2013 08:17 AM (/PCJa)
As soon as my years-in-the-making painting series is (finally) finished and the children's book illustrations I'm working on are out of the way, I'm going forward with a new, single painting project entitled 'In Which The Prophet Mohammed Enjoys Carnal Knowledge Of A Pig'.
I intend to employ Islamic art conventions: the face of the Prophet (pbuh) will be obscured, either with a veil or a suitably glowy transcendent haze similar to the softly focused and heavily filtered effects used on Elizabeth Taylor's television appearances in the sad, alcohol-saturated years prior to her death. Out of respect for his already outraged dignity, I might also obscure the face of the pig.
Posted by: troyriser at May 31, 2013 08:17 AM (vtiE6)
There is a clear and present danger in hurting the Muzzies feelings.
Feelings trump everything for the Left.
Posted by: polynikes at May 31, 2013 08:17 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 31, 2013 08:17 AM (NcPjb)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 31, 2013 08:17 AM (zA7Zp)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 31, 2013 12:05 PM (B/VB5)
Mormon Temple
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, The Colossus of Independence at May 31, 2013 08:17 AM (fwARV)
"I took an oath to uphold the Constitution, and I will do so," he continued. "There won't be political considerations in this office."
Was he laughing when he said that?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 31, 2013 08:17 AM (Z2Bkq)
Posted by: RWC at May 31, 2013 08:17 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Justicia Sotomator at May 31, 2013 08:18 AM (i5dfl)
179 I can't stand democrats.... and that is a problem in my family because
the entire generation older than me is BLUE democrat as far as the eye
can see
That reminds me of an interesting data point from the MSNBC ratings: about 1/4 of their audience is ages 18-49, the rest are older.
----
Old farts watch for it the Depends commercials.
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 31, 2013 08:18 AM (EGPJQ)
Great post. The Islamic attack on free speech has been a particular interest of mine for about a decade now.
The Western press, oddly enough, has been leading the charge.
I note again the White House blamed the Benghazi (Libya) attack on an 'Internet' video which was _televised_ on Al-Nas (Egypt). Then the government-media complex blamed the video on Pam Geller and Robert Spencer.
When you begin to understand how all that happened and who is advising the president, I think it would help. Not saying I have all the facts, but my speculation jar is full.
Posted by: Beagle at May 31, 2013 08:18 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: FCF at May 31, 2013 08:18 AM (Khja4)
Posted by: RushBabe at May 31, 2013 08:19 AM (qkZxk)
Posted by: Marcus at May 31, 2013 08:19 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at May 31, 2013 08:20 AM (MUZDl)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows freedom is slavery at May 31, 2013 08:20 AM (xw77v)
Posted by: Waldo at May 31, 2013 08:20 AM (dHIHO)
187 is that big white thing visible from 495 when headed west into NoVa a mosque? It's maybe a mile or 2 before the 270 interchange.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 31, 2013 12:05 PM (B/VB5)
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If it's big and white, it ain't you-know-who's you-know-what.
Posted by: Just Sayin' at May 31, 2013 08:20 AM (EGPJQ)
They should be very worried about the "Right" electing someone with a set of stones since turnabout is fair play.
The statists appear to have an attitude of "game, set, match" these days. They're probably right.
Posted by: RushBabe at May 31, 2013 08:21 AM (qkZxk)
Feelings trump everything for the Left.
Thanks, 19th Amendment! That sure worked out swell. You'd think that 18th and 19th Amendments, which were so closely linked, would have been a tipoff that we were heading down the wrong path, one that would lead ultimately to The View and Coexist bumper stickers.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 31, 2013 08:21 AM (Z2Bkq)
Posted by: USA at May 31, 2013 08:21 AM (VIaw0)
Posted by: RiverC at May 31, 2013 12:00 PM (El+h4)<
They were elected. That still makes them a majority no matter how you slice it.
We can whine all day long about how people didn't show up. But notwithstanding the anti-democratic use of our IRS and other government agencies to intimidate and suppress our vote, people still need to show up and vote.
This is what they voted for; an out of control government who ignores the Constitution, fiscal restraint/reality and tramples a free market and individual liberty.
Posted by: Marcus at May 31, 2013 08:23 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 31, 2013 08:24 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Killerdog at May 31, 2013 08:25 AM (qAUap)
criticism of the ghey = prohibited language and Federal Hate crime
criticism of Christianity = free speech and about time too
soon...... criticism of our dear leader, the IRS, DHS, EPS, teacher unions, democrat organizations, NPR, global warming, solar and wind power... all will be monitored and investigated and probably deemed illegal. It's just not acceptable any more.
Posted by: Yip at May 31, 2013 08:25 AM (/jHWN)
The supremes have ruled consistently in modern times to allow any form of speech that met the imminent lawless action test.
However, that is not the case with the "hate crimes" law. They upheld it/
Posted by: Vic at May 31, 2013 08:28 AM (lZvxr)
Nope. Not going to give up my rights because of some half assed Obama appointee.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 31, 2013 12:09 PM (g1DWB)
*****
Some have said, "Suit yourself."
...or so I've heard.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 31, 2013 08:28 AM (pxDth)
Since nobody in this regime seems to understand the Constitution or the principles upon which it is based, I'll just have to depend on the words as they were written.
I really don't, at this point, give one shit what they say. I know what it says and what it means. And I will defend it.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 31, 2013 08:32 AM (0HooB)
Posted by: John al-McCain at May 31, 2013 08:32 AM (mCvL4)
Yeah? Put me in charge and watch what happens.
Posted by: Berserker at May 31, 2013 08:33 AM (FMbng)
We can whine all day long about how people didn't show up. But notwithstanding the anti-democratic use of our IRS and other government agencies to intimidate and suppress our vote, people still need to show up and vote.
I did my part.
Posted by: Melowese Richardson at May 31, 2013 08:35 AM (qkZxk)
Posted by: Barack at May 31, 2013 08:35 AM (7cUr9)
Posted by: troyriser at May 31, 2013 08:37 AM (vtiE6)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at May 31, 2013 08:38 AM (MUZDl)
Posted by: Yip at May 31, 2013 12:25 PM (/jHWN)
Ah.... Hate to break it to you. Soon is optimistic.
Posted by: DHS counterterror guidelines at May 31, 2013 08:39 AM (sOtz/)
We now find ourselves in the unenviable position the Europeans found themselves in at the onset of the EU. With vote after vote against joining the Governments signed on to membership. Though supposedly at the service of their people, an EU polity simple knew better and did what they wanted.
Posted by: typo dynamofo at May 31, 2013 08:40 AM (WVMUQ)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 31, 2013 08:41 AM (JDIKC)
As always when I hear one of these stories, the only response I can come up with is: Fuck every single one of those leftist bastards.
My only consolation is knowing that those assholes will be the first against the wall if a revolution comes.
Posted by: OSUsux at May 31, 2013 08:44 AM (DFXmi)
I can't wait for this to hit SCOTUS. Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 31, 2013 12:41 PM
Well, the government calls it a tax so I guess it's OK
Posted by: John Roberts at May 31, 2013 08:47 AM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Deety at May 31, 2013 08:49 AM (Y4Lwq)
Of course, in those days, I was only a tea boy...
Posted by: Sir Edward "Eddie Baby" Ross at May 31, 2013 08:50 AM (7xeJQ)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 31, 2013 08:59 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: "Kirkmount" at May 31, 2013 09:00 AM (qam6F)
If you yell "fat bottomed boys" the response is the same...
Posted by: Imam Hasssan the Goatherder at May 31, 2013 09:18 AM (Jls4P)
Posted by: joeindc44 will never be convinced at May 31, 2013 09:23 AM (QxSug)
Posted by: sound awake at May 31, 2013 09:41 AM (pk/NG)
Posted by: CryptoDuck at May 31, 2013 10:45 AM (vtKcn)
Posted by: panzernashorn at May 31, 2013 12:30 PM (MhA4j)
Arrest Joe Smoe for posting anti-islam post on his facebook page, prosecute him and let it make its way through the courts to see if they can get the current precedent reversed by all the liberal judges they have stacked the courts with.
This is what they are planning, these autocratic tyrants plan for the long haul.
Posted by: Oldcrow at May 31, 2013 05:51 PM (iWsVI)
Posted by: SGT Dan's Cat at May 31, 2013 07:51 PM (Cj1+K)
Posted by: CAPT Mike at June 01, 2013 12:16 AM (DiQnH)
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