[owen] Free Speech at stake?

[June]

Josh, I take first amendment issues very seriously.  So I read the  
article you linked very carefully. In the examples offered,  Obama  
did not seek to stifle the expression of opinions with which he  
disagreed.   He took issue with material presented as factual that  
was not, that misled the public.  He  did what John Kerry did not and  
arguably should have, respond to swift boat attacks.  The man who  
bought the Ayers ad for the American Issues Project was  Texas  
billionaire Harold Simmons,  one of the main backers of the Swift  
Boat Veterans for Truth who went after Kerry. Simmons, a McCain  
fundraiser gave $2.9 million to the American Issues Project.  The NRA  
ad misstated Obama's position on gun control.  I do not know, and  
cannot find, what the Missouri example refers to.

This liberal in your family is bothered by persuasive tactics that  
appeal to fears rather than reason.  This article is a good example  
of that tactic.

June

> I've held the opinion for a long time that neither party really likes
> free speech since they both engage in tactics that bother me greatly,
> however, I truly believe that liberals in general REALLY don't like  
> free
> speech.  Liberals are constantly bothered by folks such as limbaugh,
> hannity, coulter..et el and have consistently tried to shut them up  
> via
> the threat of the fairness doctrine, or by "feel good" means of  
> calling
> them names.  In fact, two liberal groups, mediamatters and moveon.org,
> were started with the stated, or unstated goal of ridding the airwaves
> of evil conservatives.
>
> Obama has been able to take this to another level without nary a peep
> from the left.  Now, we all know the hysterics and conspiracy theories
> about bush....but those haven't actually happened whereas a  
> presidential
> campaign which is a great judge of how an administration will act, has
> engaged in strong arm tactics to silence those that have a different
> opinion.
>
> So to the liberals in my family, are you slightly bothered,  
> bothered, or
> extremely upset at obama's campaign and his tactics to silence  
> those who
> dare question him?  Here's a link to a boston globe piece giving  
> several
> examples of obama's current vendetta against all that oppose him.
>
> http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/ 
> 2008/10/29/the_dictator_label/
>
> Josh
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