“I’m putting you on the World Wide Pagan Network as an enemy of free speech and alternative religions.”
That’s what some nutty ‘pagan’ (and I use that term loosely) named CeltWiccan said to Randy Milholland , artist slightly psycho of Someting Positive, after his December 25th comic. I love the comic, though I know it’s not for everyone. It’s a little crass, very sexual, and makes fun of things I know Ipstenit doesn’t find funny. But I’m allowed to find humor in the sick and twisted.
Bitching about Freedom of Speech only applies if you’re restricting THEIR right to be what they are. Besides, freedom of expression (which is really what that is) is a tenet of a Democratic society, and really means ‘Our redneck government doesn’t have the right to tell us we’re not allowed to be whatever the fuck we are.’
Freedom of Speech, assuming that all parties involved are US Citizens and currently living on US soil, means having to suck it up when the crazy preacher man down the street gets a megaphone and tells you that Jesus is the way of Salvation.
Freedom of Speech exists to “protect the most offensive and controversial speech from government suppression.”
Woah, did I say GOVERNMENT there? Gosh, I did. Why’d I say that? Maybe because The First AMENDMENT is a part of our GOVERNMENT’S Constitution, and thus is a LAW that our DEMOCRATIC society has to abide by.
It means I can tell you that I think The Shrub’s an idiot. It means you can tell all the world that stupid pagans should get eaten by tentacled monsters or giant alligators. It means that if I don’t like what you said, I can close my web browser.
For the love of G-d, those wacky pagans who want to letter bomb Randy need to get their collective heads out of their asses and learn what the fuck they’re accusing him of before spouting it off like an uneducated knob.
I’m allowed to say what I think on MY website. I paid for it, it’s a private enterprise, if you must. It’s mine. You don’t like it? Fuck off. Same goes for Randy’s site. No one’s holding you at gunpoint to read what he wrote. But I said this before. I seem to be forced to say it again.
The next time you think about accusing someone of curtailing your rights on-line, check to see if they own the site you’re bitching on, because if so, they can kick your ass off. And if you’re going to accuse someone of curtailing your Freedom of Speech, look of what it means, and what people like the ACLU define it as. You might be shocked.
Then again, if you’re George W. Bush, you might be more confused.
My advice is to flay the stupid. Give ’em a McCarthy award or something, for the grossest abuse of lack of practical knowledge concerning your rights.