RE: Damned Democunts
October 26, 2014 at 8:44 pm
(This post was last modified: October 26, 2014 at 8:47 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(October 26, 2014 at 3:27 pm)Brakeman Wrote: No one cares about the opinion expressing from an individual. The FEC is only concerned with enforcing the controls on corporations, labor unions, and election campaigns that the legislature has previously voted for and enacted into law.
Sorry, I missed the part where that was mentioned. Where was it said that private individuals would not be held answerable?
The author of the recommendation specifically states she would want to go after individual bloggers whom she accuses of airing ads created by big donors. Wherever the ad was sourced, I think that individuals ought to be able to refer to, and repeat, the contents of an ad.
I also don't like the idea of the FEC, or for that matter the FCC or any other federal acronym organization, regulating the Internet, which is the last affordable means of mass communication open to the individual.
(October 26, 2014 at 3:27 pm)Brakeman Wrote: Nothing from the democrat's proposal is intended to curtail individual's speech in any way, besides, it would effect democratic leaning speech just as well as republican wouldn't it???
Setting aside for the moment the clear internal contradiction in this point, it would affect the followers of both parties. Why should that garner my agreement, as your question seems to imply? I'm not loyal to the Democrats or to the Republicans.
The contradiction lies in the argument that "it wouldn't curtail individual speech in any way", followed by "it would affect both parties equally", to paraphrase. Which is it? Would it have an effect, or not?
(October 26, 2014 at 3:27 pm)Brakeman Wrote: Your unreasonable bias comes from somewhere, fox news is a pretty good guess, but of course you could get it from numerous sources, even imagine it yourself.
My bias is against an overreaching government. What, exactly, is unreasonable about that? Be specific.