DANGEROUS TREND EVOLVING
UNDER GUISE OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Freedom of speech is a foundation principle of a free nation. Imposition of political and personal will has no place in the freedom of speech concept or intent as we are seeing today. Imposition of political and personal will is the very doctrine which free nations resist and thank God for that. As a legal matter, your freedom of speech right gives you the right to disagree with me and I will defend that right to the death. But freedom of speech does not give you the right to take away any of my freedoms or impede my path of progress. It does not give you the right to break any civil or criminal law or do any other thing to force or impose your will upon me or anyone else who disagrees with you. It does not give you the right to block any street, which I want to travel on. It does not give you the right to lie down in the middle of any public road, which I travel on. It does not give you the right to block or impede my entrance into any building, which I desire to enter. It does not give you the right to prevent me from doing any other legal or lawful thing, which I desire to do.
For the past few decades we have seen a very dangerous trend by political special interest groups, dissenting or opposing a whole menu of subjects. They set about spinning their web of ulterior political motive under the guise of freedom of speech. This agenda has included a whole plethora of political causes that is intended to shock the moral, spiritual and logical conscience of our nation. These causes range from one end of the spectrum to the other extreme end. Some of the more common causes have included burning of the American flag, invading the Internet with a blitz of child pornography, sitting in the redwood trees in California at the expense of contemporary progress, preservation of the silvery minnow at the expense of vital water rights for humanity, preservation of the spotted owl at the expense of the lumber industry and preservation of the gray wolf at the expense of ranchers and farmers livestock. This so-called freedom of expression also includes the devastation and terror in this nation caused by those who drink (alcohol) and drive (DWI) killing and maiming more innocent people than in all of our wars combined. It includes over 50,000 deaths annually of non-smoking Americans who die from second-hand smoke. And the list goes on!
Now we are watching and even more dangerous trend being carried over into the “war dissenters” movement. Many of these people are out there spinning their political web under the guise of freedom of speech. This obviously is a well-organized worldwide movement with leaders who hate the USA and know how to incite innocent people to join their movement under the guise of freedom of speech-to carry out their ulterior political motives. Unfortunately these people could be engaging in an activity akin to sedition and treason. The theme to cover that political agenda is a claim of “support for the troops” but not support for the “commander and chief” of the troops. This has a very hollow political ring. In fact one “war dissenting” female told a reporter her concern goes back to the last “illegal presidential election.” So this appears not to be a war protest but a ballot box political agenda. A great number of others interviewed exclaim “Saddam Hussein” is not a threat to this nation and it has not been proven he has weapons of mass destruction. Another statement that has a hollow ring! The documented record shows that Iraqi has used chemical warfare upon it’s own people. That same record shows there is a supply of Anthrax still unaccounted for after the last Gulf war, which could wipe out millions of people-yes even Americans. One madman who hates Americans brought death and harm to over 3000 of our citizens on 9/11. Do we want to risk another 9/11, only a thousand times worse by another madman? I am proud to be an American. I love our freedoms and stand ready to exercise responsibility in the use of those freedoms along with the majority of Americans. I am honored to be included among those that support our great president (Bush) who is obviously willing to risk his entire political career to protect the American people and our homeland. Imagine with me if this president did not exercise the courage to meet this threat of another murderous tyrant and our nation was attacked again! Many of these same “war dissenters” would be back out on the street (with their political agenda) decrying the failure of this president to meet the threat before it hit us! Freedom of speech yes! Imposition of political will no!