Be Afraid: New Head of the PDPD Is From a State With Open Carry

I agree, it is our 1st Amendment right to voice our opinions. It is unfortunate that many people post vulgar or obscene messages but then again, it is their freedom to exercise whatever descretion they deem appropiate. I think the biggest problem that is plaguing America is that we have lost focus on the basics. The Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independence mean nothing today. We need to get back to the very prinicples the founding fathers established that made this great nation so great. We need to rise up and let the government know that we need change, that we want change, that we demand change. I am trying to do my part on http://teadshirts.com where I am trying to get a subtle message for change out. My motto: Promoting political change through everyday life. If we take a stand together for America, collectivly we could make a difference...

Master Shake
5:32AM Nov 2nd 2009

And there was also no such place as Atlantis. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences.

No, you're just too stupid to locate it, that's all.

Freedom of Speech mean the government can't censor you (except in those cases the Supreme Court says it can). Freedom of Speech doesn't mean that anything other than the government can't censor you. Read the constitution, or take a class on the American Political System, whichever suits you.

This is in reply to Truth's 6:11 a.m. post today.

I have been observing your struggle over the past couple of days, and I have read others' comments regarding free speech, its suppression, and censorship.

What we might need here is a bit of context.

I am all for free speech, the First Amendment, and America. If I want to be completely unfettered in my exercise of free speech--short of yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater--I can do a number of things. I can set up my own website. Or I can hand out fliers. Or I can start my own neighborhood paper. Or I can hold my own seminar and invite others to it. The common thread here is that it is my forum, not someone else's, so I get to play by my rules.

But if I want the privilege of using someone else's forum, I have to play by their rules.

If I want to write a column for the Washington Post or send them a letter-to-the-editor for publication, I must play by their rules and observe their decorum. If I want to write my own blog on another's website, I must play by their rules and observe their decorum. If I want to participate at another's seminar, I must play by their rules and observe their decorum.

If I don't do these things, I don't get published or, in the case of a seminar, I might even be asked to leave.

Truth, I understand your desire to speak your mind in unfettered fashion. I feel the same way. But this isn't our website; this isn't our blog. In fact, the writers with bylines on this site no doubt have to follow certain guidelines as well. Perhaps it's an imperfect world, but that's the way it works.

One solution for you might be to set up your own site.

In the meantime--and even if you do branch out with your own site--I encourage you to stay here at Politics Daily and experiment more in the direction of the tone that this particular site is looking for. You have good thoughts, and I would miss your comments should you decide to ditch this site for good.

All the best.

Susan,

I don't disagree with much of what you wrote regarding the right of a blog to set standards that people should be expected to follow. Rules exist for good reason, but what rules did I break? Hennenberger answered your first comment, but didn't deign to explain her "reasoning" for censoring mine.

The issue here is selective enforcement of poorly defined rules. Hennenberger's "over-the-top-mean" is ridiculously subjective, and fits a pattern that only the terminally obtuse could miss. The rules are being enforced without any semblance of fairness, and I can go to any thread, on any day, and prove it. Vague rules are the tools of tyrants.

Hennenberger says sexist remarks are verboten, yet I can go right now, to a blog where the perpetual moron, buster, is calling Palin an "idiot stripper", as he has been doing for MONTHS! He has not one, but a series of these moronic posts on one page alone. Curiously, no censor working over there.

My post that criticized the Politically Correct Daily policy was not sexist, racist, or any other category stated in the "new rules", yet was repeatedly censored by the PDKGB. It seems the unstated "rules" of PD include not questioning the ethics or intelligence of PD rules. Sounds like Mr. ThinSkin himself, Obama.

This new, selective censorship policy coincides nicely with Sunstein's arrival on the scene, and I do believe there is a link. the left is making a concerted effort to shut their critics up. I also believe that as a critic of Obama, Soros, and the left in general, I am a target.

Perhaps suppression of my comments is a compliment, of sorts. Of course, by that logic, Mao really lavished praise on 70,000,000 people.

Of course thwey are going to edit your coments....this is an AOL thing..and of course AOL can not afford to have themselves seen on another blogsphere as unenlightened, or racist...(oh btw racist is anything you say they disagree with) because they are a large corporate entity that has to answer for their actions to a boad of directors who are bombarded by naggers to do their respective bidding....

didn't I read two stories here, and in both you stated you live in England.

Why do we need a Sheriff? Aren't people supposed to say what they think, even if they get a little worked up? Why do liberals/Progressives think they have to make more and more rules? Why are they obssessed with controlling everyone's lives? What's wrong with you people?

Why the martial language in the headline? Why did Melinda call these censors Police? They're not police, they're censors.

England is a disaster because of all of the Progressive thinking. Why should we do the same thing here? I think the closest thing to an explanation for your wanting us to follow England's dubious lead is misery loves company.