Why are there so many statists and communists here on this list now?

[Tim May]

On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 11:18  AM, Matt Beland wrote:
>
> Besides - what's the fucking point of supporting freedom of speech if 
> you keep
> telling people to shut up?

In order. First, "freedom of speech" is a legal issue, not a matter of 
whether one likes or supports or gives a platform for speech. This has 
been covered many times.

Second, I have no power to make people shut up. As for "telling" them, 
I don't.

I do wonder why they are on the list given the implications of the 
technologies. I don't think they've realized the implications for their 
world view and for the breeders and useless eaters they support.

>  You're dangerously close to sounding like those
> cranks who claim they're being patriotic by attacking the Dixie Chicks 
> for
> their speech.

And as in that debate, where "free speech" is tossed around a lot, 
nothing in the Dixie Chicks case has involved freedom of speech in any 
way whatsoever. Think about it.

--Tim May
"Ben Franklin warned us that those who would trade liberty for a little 
bit of temporary security deserve neither. This is the path we are now 
racing down, with American flags fluttering."-- Tim May, on events 
following 9/11/2001