Comments on: Speech Is Tyranny!

By: Speech is Not Tyranny | marfdrat

Speech is Not Tyranny | marfdrat — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:21:27 +0000

[...] stupid woman, it is not [you'll have to read the whole thing to learn who this is. It's good]. Speech is not tyranny. Criticism — even unfair and intemperate criticism — is not censorship. I don’t care who [...]

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:18:49 +0000

That's kind of unrelated to the post, axxis. But the short answer is (1) the First Amendment right doesn't give you the right to use the internet for personal use on company time, and (2) the right of public employees to criticize their employer is a complex issue under current law.

By: axxis

axxis — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:05:36 +0000

Here's another one for you.

Is is protected speech to call someone an idiot on the Internet on company time.

The reason I ask this is because is was recently hit with a written reprimand on my personnel file at my worksite for doing this. I called my employer as a whole (who is a state government agency in the Eastern US – I won't tell where exactly) an idiot in a public message board on the Internet while I was on my afternoon break.

The union wouldn't do anything about it. It's as though my right to express myself freely (but reasonably) is put in limbo every time I enter the front door of the worksite.

By: Speech is Tyranny! « The Carbon Fibber

Speech is Tyranny! « The Carbon Fibber — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:55:47 +0000

[...] Speech is Tyranny! Ken from Popehat is DEAD ON. [...]

By: mbrandon8026

mbrandon8026 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:11:18 +0000

Wow, and I thought that Common Sense had become an oxymoron. That is about as clear and succinct as I have heard it put. Preach it brother.

By: Linus

Linus — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:02:33 +0000

the FCC should enforce a “Factness Doctrine” forcing commentators to spend part of their shows correcting the lies they’ve previously told.

Nice, a governmental entity as the supreme arbiter of truth. Nothing could go wrong *cough* Jennifer Lynch *cough* with that.

By: The Daily Lynch List « The Lynch Mob

The Daily Lynch List « The Lynch Mob — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:33:12 +0000

[...] First off, Ken over at Popehat lists Jennifer as one of those one his list of the noxious trend of confusing hate speech with the violation of actual human rights – check it out. [...]

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:27:25 +0000

Well, Mark, I don't agree with the Fairness or Frankness Doctrine idea — I think the best remedy is response speech, like yours, pointing out the untruths.

By: Mark Kernes

Mark Kernes — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:13:02 +0000

And yet … I listen to conservative radio talkers on a fairly regular basis, and the amount of time each devotes to outright lies (which they present as factual) is incredible – so much so that I'll soon be taking a day and cataloging the full extent of such lies for that day. The study will bolster my thesis that since over-the-air programming is supposed to programmed "in the public interest," having commentators tell outright lies to their audiences as fact violates that directive, and that the FCC should enforce a "Factness Doctrine" forcing commentators to spend part of their shows correcting the lies they've previously told.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:19:35 +0000

Damned Fact-Checking Terrorists.

By: KipEsquire

KipEsquire — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:11:24 +0000

Don't give in to my intimidation!

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:09:40 +0000

Right you are, Kip. Fixed. Thanks.

By: KipEsquire

KipEsquire — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:08:29 +0000

I think you mean "Prop 8 supporters."