Stalinism (or new McCarthyism?)

[jflevin at MAIL.UCR.EDU]

At 06:22 AM 10/7/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>_____________________
>The war on dissent
>
>As Americans unite behind their flag, they are in no mood to tolerate
>criticism, writes SIMON HOUPT. But are they sacrificing the very freedom
>they are defending?
>
>By SIMON HOUPT

Neither Mr. Bilenkin nor the Canadian columnist he has pasted into this
list understands the 1st Amendment or the concept of free speech.  In none
of the contemporary examples cited were free speech rights violated--the
whining Mr. Moore can say whatever he wants, and those who find what he
says despicable can say whatever they want about him or to him, and the
owner of a newspaper or radio station is under no 1st Amendment obligation
to provide Mr. Moore OR Mr. Maher with a platform.  The trouble with
lefties like Moore and Sontag is that they can dish it out ("Kill
Whitey..."), but they can't take it.
Jules Levin

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