--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> In a message dated 9/11/06 3:59:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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> ,  MDixon6569@,  MDi
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> > 
> > In a message dated 9/11/06  12:41:30 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
> > jstein@ writes:
> >  
> > > Conservatives never advocated government interference  with
> > > CBS or radio stations.
> > 
> > Nor did  liberals.
> > 
> > But Judy, Liberals have this thing about expecting  the
> > government to solve or remedy their problems. If a problem
> >  should pop up, say liberals don't like what is being said
> > in the  media, how far off are we from liberals wanting 
> > government to do  something about it?
> 
> Pretty far, I'd imagine, since if they're  advocating
> censorship, they're no longer liberals.
> 
> Liberals have  always wanted a larger role for
> government than conservatives. But have  you
> *ever* known a liberal to advocate  censorship?
> 
> Yes, I mentioned one earlier. Liberals are the first to want to 
> censor the mention of a deity in public settings such as school.

That would be publicly funded schools, i.e., those
funded by the federal government.  See the 
"establishment" clause of the First Amendment.

> Liberal judges have been  
> known to threaten graduating school children with jail time
> if they so much as  mention the name of Christ in a valedictorian 
> speech. It happened here, in Galveston, just a few years ago and 
> continues to be an issue every year.  That is censorship.

I could have sworn I pointed out to you that this
kind of thing is a conflict between two aspects of
the First Amendment, and that these conflicts are
always very tough.  No solution is going to please
both sides.  If it leans toward free speech, it leans
toward violating the establishment clause, and vice
versa.

Cite an instance of liberals advocating censorship
that does *not* involve a conflict of constitutional
rights.








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