Freedom of speech is what makes America great. Restricting speech because it might offend someone is akin to handing over the rest of your freedoms all in one stroke. You can’t have a Constitutional Republic without freedom of speech. It just isn’t possible. When one type of speech is banned, what other type is next? You leftards need to wake up and smell the coffee. This applies to you as well.
Outlawing Opinion
by Chuck Norris
It greatly alarms me that Americans’ constitutional right of freedom of speech is being squeezed out of our culture.
Several years ago, I watched then-”20/20″ correspondent Diane Sawyer interview Saddam Hussein, who was dictator of Iraq at the time. She respectfully confronted him for the atrocities and executions he used as punishments for people who merely spoke out against him, his rule or his politics. Surprisingly naive of America’s constitutional basis, Saddam asked, “Well, what happens to those who speak against your president?” (He clearly was expecting that such speech was also a crime in the U.S. and punishable by law.) Shocked by his sheer ignorance of the U.S. — and somewhat at a loss for words herself — Diane quipped back in answering his question, “They host television talk shows!” Saddam’s facial expression revealed that he was totally confused by her answer.
