Congress Shall Make No Law
by TJ Wihera | 10:31 am, May 14, 2009 | 1 Comment
In her statement, Palin also said:
I applaud Donald Trump for standing with Carrie during this time. And I respect Carrie for standing strong and staying true to herself, and for not letting those who disagree with her deny her protection under the nation’s First Amendment Rights.
Dammit.
Whether you agree with Prejean (and President Obama and Hilary Clinton and Sarah Palin) on gay marriage or not, this should irritate you.
We saw this same line of argument arise when the Dixie Chicks stopped getting play on the radio after expressing shame that they were from the same state as the President of the United States. People shouted, “What about their freedom of speech?!” And now they ask the same about Carrie Prejean.
Well, they got their freedom of speech. Now, they have to deal with the consequences of saying what they said. Part of freedom is dealing with the consequences of your actions. The First Amendment is not a protection from any or all consequences of our words. It is protection from government repercussions on and limitations upon speech.
Woodrow Wilson once said that “The best way to dissapate nonsense is to expose it to the open air. It is a volatile thing, wheras fact and truth are concrete things and you cannot dissapate them that way.” He recognized that it’s a marketplace of ideas out there, and that only the fittest will survive.
Why can’t today’s politicians?
Tags: freedom of speech > gay marriage > Miss America > palin > Prejean > Trump > weak sauce
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May 14th, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
Right on. 1A gives you the right to free speech (free from government censorship), not the right to be heard and certainly not the right to be accepted for what you say. Both sides need to man-up and be adults about it. Say what you mean, mean what you say, and accept the consequences of those words!