Hey Folks,
The following court case will effect me. Many accuse me of being very intimidating, all because I have a tendency to be brutally honest and have a tact to dissect problems to the bone. The powers that be do not like that ability and they would love to find a way to silence their critics. They have accused me of being abusive and rude, and they might be right, but it is no more rude than to be a government bureaucrat that denies the citizenry their right to freedom of expression. I'm one of the few who think it is wrong to be denied my right to yell "Fire" in a crowded theater, because it erodes civil liberties.......Rob T.
The following court case will effect me. Many accuse me of being very intimidating, all because I have a tendency to be brutally honest and have a tact to dissect problems to the bone. The powers that be do not like that ability and they would love to find a way to silence their critics. They have accused me of being abusive and rude, and they might be right, but it is no more rude than to be a government bureaucrat that denies the citizenry their right to freedom of expression. I'm one of the few who think it is wrong to be denied my right to yell "Fire" in a crowded theater, because it erodes civil liberties.......Rob T.
SCOTUS weighs limits of free speech on Internet
Source: San Francisco Chronicle"Anthony Elonis claimed he was just kidding when he posted a series of graphically violent rap lyrics on Facebook about killing his estranged wife, shooting up a kindergarten class and attacking an FBI agent. But his wife didn’t see it that way. Neither did a federal jury. Elonis, of Bethlehem, Pa., was convicted of violating a federal law that makes it a crime to threaten another person. In a far-reaching case that probes the limits of free speech over the Internet, the Supreme Court on Monday will consider whether Elonis' Facebook posts, and others like it, deserve protection under the First Amendment." (11/30/14)
http://tinyurl.com/qgl4p37
Source: San Francisco Chronicle"Anthony Elonis claimed he was just kidding when he posted a series of graphically violent rap lyrics on Facebook about killing his estranged wife, shooting up a kindergarten class and attacking an FBI agent. But his wife didn’t see it that way. Neither did a federal jury. Elonis, of Bethlehem, Pa., was convicted of violating a federal law that makes it a crime to threaten another person. In a far-reaching case that probes the limits of free speech over the Internet, the Supreme Court on Monday will consider whether Elonis' Facebook posts, and others like it, deserve protection under the First Amendment." (11/30/14)
http://tinyurl.com/qgl4p37
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