Reading Between the Ellipses

[mlchance]

From the ACLU’s ironic website about free speech: It is probably no accident that freedom of speech is the first freedom mentioned in the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The Constitution’s framers believed that freedom of inquiry and liberty of expression were the hallmarks of a democratic society.Emphasis added.

Note the ellipses. I didn’t add them. The ACLU did. Why? Because the only way that freedom of speech can be lay claim to being the first freedom mentioned in the First Amendment is by deleting the actual first freedom mentioned in the First Amendment, which is, of course, the free exercise of religion.

Funny that the ACLU would want to delete that section of the First Amendment.

– Mark L. Chance.

 

[gilliam]

mlchance:

From the ACLU’s ironic website about free speech:It is probably no accident that freedom of speech is the first freedom mentioned in the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The Constitution’s framers believed that freedom of inquiry and liberty of expression were the hallmarks of a democratic society.Emphasis added.

Note the ellipses. I didn’t add them. The ACLU did. Why? Because the only way that freedom of speech can be lay claim to being the first freedom mentioned in the First Amendment is by deleting the actual first freedom mentioned in the First Amendment, which is, of course, the free exercise of religion.

Funny that the ACLU would want to delete that section of the First Amendment.

– Mark L. Chance.

good catch

 

[mlchance]

The irony, if not rank hypocrisy, of the ACLU is most telling. The website referenced above proclaims, “The First Amendment exists precisely to protect the most offensive and controversial speech from government suppression. The best way to counter obnoxious speech is with more speech.”

According to the ACLU, “The Constitution’s framers believed that freedom of inquiry and liberty of expression were the hallmarks of a democratic society.”

That is unless the expressions you want liberty for are religious ones. Then all bets are off, and people must be protected from such offensive and controversial speech by means of government suppression.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s a thousand words about the ACLU’s double standard: :whacky:

– Mark L. Chance.