(December 28, 2014 at 12:01 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
This is not worth throwing away because of those FOX Fucks. Although, oddly the one which has been most seriously attacked is the right of the people to peaceably assemble. The propertied classes have allowed all sorts of restrictions on that one. FOX will never champion the right of people to peaceably assemble...unless they are wearing sheets or waving automatic weapons around.
Bingo. The restrictions imposed on marchers during the 2012 Democratic convention did wonders in shielding the political class from the concerns of normal Americans. Where was Fox in complaining of that unwarranted restriction on the rights of those Americans to gather peaceably? Oh, that's right, they were Occupy protesters -- they don't deserve rights ... outside of a "Free Speech Zone" (Silly me, I thought the entire country was a "Free Speech Zone"!)
Myself, I take the position that an abrogation of one person's right is an erosion of all our rights.
