tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20947972.post1193269119232105092..comments2023-08-11T10:44:15.397-05:00Comments on BRASS League: A Quiet MorningOther Sidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475658453374184885noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20947972.post-37439982367677793562007-04-09T10:07:00.000-05:002007-04-09T10:07:00.000-05:00Other side, I don't consider myself a conservative...Other side, I don't consider myself a conservative.<BR/><BR/>In college I moved from a liberal to a small goverment libertarian and I haven't looked back since.<BR/><BR/>(And often what you see on my blog is the result of my being a contrarian by nature. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20947972.post-45903915066600995542007-04-09T10:04:00.000-05:002007-04-09T10:04:00.000-05:00Scott,I don't understand what you mean.I really do...Scott,<BR/><BR/>I don't understand what you mean.<BR/><BR/>I really don't want a line. The "exceptions" I mentioned are crimes in and of themselves. Speech is just the vehicle they use to commit those crimes.<BR/><BR/>I also didn't say I thought those things should be prevented. I flat out believe the answer to wrong speech is more speech.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20947972.post-16431296408271353082007-04-06T08:17:00.000-05:002007-04-06T08:17:00.000-05:00Love that bit from The Oregonian!MixterLove that bit from The Oregonian!<BR/><BR/>MixterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20947972.post-1162403250140695272007-04-05T11:45:00.000-05:002007-04-05T11:45:00.000-05:00Oh, elliot ... you're always welcome here, though....Oh, elliot ... you're always welcome here, though. Here free speech is an absolute.Other Sidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06475658453374184885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20947972.post-14024906981498654892007-04-05T11:39:00.000-05:002007-04-05T11:39:00.000-05:00If conservatives have been just as willful, then w...If conservatives have been just as willful, then what were your reasons again?<BR/><BR/>Seriously, lines are drawn by the will of the people. It is mostly our conservative brethren who are interesting in drawing extreme lines. And others areas as well, such as denial of habeus corpus.<BR/><BR/>We are a nations of laws. We do not fight the lawless by becoming like them. To do otherwise would be to lose our souls.<BR/><BR/>fyi: I've never liked the "hate speech and crime" provisions.Other Sidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06475658453374184885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20947972.post-73756630430468335692007-04-05T10:24:00.000-05:002007-04-05T10:24:00.000-05:00I lean conservative, but I'm a free speach absolut...I lean conservative, but I'm a free speach absolutist.<BR/><BR/>In fact, no liberal I know will go as far as I would.<BR/><BR/>I don't think any speech (that is not fraud) should be prohibited and only libel/slander should be actionable in civil courts.<BR/><BR/>That means: no hate speech laws (or hate laws at all because they create an additional penalty involving the exercise of speech), no commercial advertising restrictions, no anti-porn laws (the making of child or violent porn would be prevented by laws against child abuse, rape, etc), and no election "reforms" limiting money.<BR/><BR/>Speech is either free or it's not. The liberals have been just as complicit in limiting speech as the conservatives have. It's the main reason (along with the willful ignoring of the 2nd Amendment) that I stopped being a liberal when I was in my 20s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com