DOJ tries to bully people who maked statements on social media that Muslioms do not like. US Attorney for Eastern Tennessee Killian then referred to a post on Facebook that showed a picture of a man pointing a double-barreled shotgun at a camera lens with the caption saying, “How to Wink at a Muslim.” Killian said Internet postings that violate civil rights are subject to federal jurisdiction. THIS IS A LIE with the sole purpose to put fear in people’s mind and chill the very freedom of expression that the First Amendment embodies. WE DO have the right to free speech and the right to peaceably assemble. Our Constitution expresses the fundamental principle that rights to speech and assembly are held by the people and the government must protect these rights, not limit them. The First Amendment was NOT established to protect popular or politically correct speech. To the contrary, the First Amendment was established to protect offensive and unpopular speech. The Supreme Court of the United States memorably stated in Street v. New York, 394 U.S. 576, 592 (1969) “[i]t is firmly settled that . . . the public expression of ideas may not be prohibited merely because the ideas are themselves offensive to some of their hearers.” In Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, 414 (1989), The Supreme Court reiterated this understanding: “If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.”
Posted on: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:47:27 +0000
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