[Dean's World] Ron Coleman: The McCain-Feingold Anti-Sedition Act

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Posted by Ron Coleman:
The McCain-Feingold Anti-Sedition Act
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1144335029.shtml


   Hey, Dean, I'm with you on this issue but perhaps "Hitler-Stalin Bill"
   is a widdy-bit over the top. The title of this post is my preferred
   nomenclature for the series of "reforms" that you've suggested be
   called the "Hitler-Stalin Bill."

   Another name might be the "McCain-Feingold Fifth Estate Preservation
   Act."

   I have been [1]blogging on this issue, and [2]related ones, for a long
   time. My problem is that the "blogosphere" has allowed itself to be
   [3]co-opted by the forces of free-speech repression here, by approving
   and even urging a carve-out for bloggers. Mike Krepansky, a big force
   behind this blogger-protection activity, has [4]butted heads with me
   (gently) on this before. But this is, I believe, not only a position
   that is short on principle (leave the blogs alone and we'll stop
   screaming about a law that [5]unconstitutionionally limits political
   speech) but in the long run a tactical error as well.

   Hitler and Stalin? Maybe not. But a long way short of Jefferson and
   Madison.

References

   1. http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=401
   2. http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=51
   3. http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=401
   4. http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=295
   5. http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=50