Tag Archive 'freedom-of-speech'

Help sue the Westboro Church

Posted by Moonage on 27 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Opinions, People

I have written a few times about Westboro Church.  They are disgusting and abusing religion in the worst possible way.  Well, one father of a slain soldier has had enough.  Albert Snyder, father of Matthew Snyder, is suing Westboro for disrupting his son’s funeral.  I am 100% in support of Albert’s lawsuit.  However, he’s an [...]

Andrew Meyer is repressed

Posted by Moonage on 19 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Conspiracy Theories, Humor, Media, Shock and Awe, The Media

The University of Florida Police Department is taking some heat for the less than subtle means they used to shut up Andrew Meyer during a John Kerry presentation.  Wearing the over-abused cliche drooping khaki pants and a t-shirt, this guy was obviously no threat to anyone.  The cops didn’t get his prank or thought it [...]

Bong Hits 4 Jesus

Posted by Moonage on 30 Aug 2006 | Tagged as: Comments from the Host, The Legal Process

Things have changed in the US in a big way during my adult lifetime. And, it’s all the media’s fault. I have been a Republican my entire life. It wasn’t really a choice when I was young, but it has been for about 20 years. For about 100 years, there was [...]

Thank God for dead soldiers?

Posted by Moonage on 08 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: Shock and Awe

When I first read about this story, I thought it couldn’t possibly be true. It had to have been an exaggeration or rhetoric. Here’s the gist of it:
Not everyone who came to Sgt. Andrew P. Wallace’s visitation in Ripon was welcome. Among those who stopped by were four adults and three children from [...]

Academic Freedom of Speech, Continued

Posted by Moonage on 07 Feb 2005 | Tagged as: Opinions

Eugene Volokh relays a story:
A graduate student at LeMoyne College has been expelled for writing a paper on his opinion that corporal punishment should be allowed in the classroom. Scott McConnell was working on his master’s degree in the science education program at LeMoyne. He wrote his Classroom Management Plan paper in November. After receiving [...]

Academic Freedom of Speech

Posted by Moonage on 02 Feb 2005 | Tagged as: Opinions

Gerald Dworkin of Left2Right writes ( yeah, I know, this is getting a bit redundant. ):
Being a free speech fanatic I will hold my nose and defend Churchill right to speak at Hamilton (if there are threats of violence then protect the speaker), and against any attempts to dismiss him from his academic position.
Here [...]