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Reform

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Wed Aug-05-09 01:55 PM
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5. This is a battle for ideas

Edited on Wed Aug-05-09 01:58 PM by Reform

using totalitarianism in regards to deafening these *ucks free speech is not the way.
Quieting your opponent by force will lead to quieting yours in the future.
I guess people forget the past 8 years of people getting arrested, beaten and tazed for expressing their first amendment freedoms, even if this stuff is "AstroTurf" i dont think shutting them up with the jackboot is a righteous way to go.
Its a slippery slope my friends,

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