Comments on: IRS stifling pro-life speech http://www.redstate.com/wayneinnh/2009/07/07/irs-stifling-pro-life-speech/ Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:19:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: wayneinnh http://www.redstate.com/wayneinnh/2009/07/07/irs-stifling-pro-life-speech/#comment-12 wayneinnh Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:36:18 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/wayneinnh/?p=23#comment-12 That it really isn't all that surprising. We have become so polarized as a nation that we would allow this to happen as long as the view being muffled was different than our own. I had a debate with my 19 year old last night about the second amendment. He's a typical college student with some left leaning views. I asked him which right he would be willing to give up in exchange for my forfeiting my second amendment rights. Of course there were none. Unfortunately, that seems to be the attitude of a lot of people right now. That it really isn’t all that surprising. We have become so polarized as a nation that we would allow this to happen as long as the view being muffled was different than our own.

I had a debate with my 19 year old last night about the second amendment. He’s a typical college student with some left leaning views. I asked him which right he would be willing to give up in exchange for my forfeiting my second amendment rights. Of course there were none. Unfortunately, that seems to be the attitude of a lot of people right now.

]]> By: seandparnell http://www.redstate.com/wayneinnh/2009/07/07/irs-stifling-pro-life-speech/#comment-11 seandparnell Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:05:33 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/wayneinnh/?p=23#comment-11 Using government regulations to stifle "unwanted" political speech is a thriving industry these days. Campaign finance "reform" is the usual tool, but IRS rules will work just as well, or a revived "fairness doctrine." Hope this gets lots of attention, maybe it will wake people up to the threat to the First Amendment that is out there. Sean Parnell President Center for Competitive Politics http://www.campaignfreedom.org Using government regulations to stifle “unwanted” political speech is a thriving industry these days. Campaign finance “reform” is the usual tool, but IRS rules will work just as well, or a revived “fairness doctrine.”

Hope this gets lots of attention, maybe it will wake people up to the threat to the First Amendment that is out there.

Sean Parnell
President
Center for Competitive Politics
http://www.campaignfreedom.org

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