"Sedition"
- Abbie Hoffman
SEC. 2. And be it farther enacted, That if any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or published, or shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid in writing, printing, uttering or publishing any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said government, or either house of the said Congress, or the said President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States, or to stir up sedition within the United States, or to excite any unlawful combinations therein, for opposing or resisting any law of the United States, or any act of the President of the United States, done in pursuance of any such law, or of the powers in him vested by the constitution of the United States, or to resist, oppose, or defeat any such law or act, or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile designs of any foreign nation against United States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years. - Sedition Act - APPROVED, July 14, 1798.
We’re never as overt as President Adams and his allies were back in the day ... the ewe-ess-of-AY circa two-oh-oh-seven is all about jackbooted thugs governing through intimidation and walled off “free-speech” zones in these Philip K. Dickian times. Do YOU want to be the “wackjob” on You Tube getting brutalized, even if you know you might win the lawsuit, even if you might even want to cash in later? Maybe you’re not willing to be the guy being jumped on while a US Senator makes a joke about your experience with “free speech”.
Kerry showed his true colors in that video, he was so flaccid he couldn’t even diffuse that simple situation. It’s sad to think he’d be a 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 as a President but still better than the ZERO that we now have. We deserve much, much more than Kerry and Bush.
He should be ashamed of himself, what a pathetic excuse for a Senator. Time to retire. I’m so sick of American Fascism in all its ugly forms.
Posted by on 09/18 at 09:27 PMExcellent MitM. Should point out that many at dKos now claim that their opinion that Meyer should have been forceably removed (some are even honest enough to admit that they approved the use of the tazer) was not an issue of free speech. They claim that Meyer was a disruptive jerk who cut in line to get to the microphone. If so, they still miss the point that effective conflict resolution in this situtation was NOT to use force. (I don’t think they appreciated me for reminding them that the white cops in the Rodney King beating case used that argument and the white jurors agreed.)
Must remember to point out to them that to maintain order and a sense of decorum is the argument that Bu$hCo uses for preselecting the audiences for his public appearances. Guess they would endorse that for Democratic politicians, although it seems to me that they detested its application by Bush/Cheney.
Posted by on 09/18 at 09:33 PMthe cops created the violence, NOT the questioner. Cutting in line isn’t a cause for official violence ... Kerry hasn’t been heckled before? Hell, this wasn’t even simple heckling ... he was asking serious questioning and waving around a book to support his argument. It’s not like the guy rushed the stage waving the mic stand ...
As for kos ... might as well spend time at Little Green Footballs.
Posted by on 09/18 at 09:40 PMKerry Fears for Safety of Police Who Tasered Student to Protect Kerry from Inconvenient Questions
“I was not aware that a taser was used until after I left the building. I hope that neither the student nor any of the police were injured.”
Fucker ...
Posted by on 09/18 at 10:38 PM
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