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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:39 AM
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If Money is Free Speech, those with more have more rights
Edited on Sat Jan-23-10 10:40 AM by fascisthunter
get it? It really is that simple. This leads to fascism...
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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:41 AM
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1. It's the golden rule, the one with the gold gets to make the rules
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:43 AM
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2. throughout history
you would have thought we might have progressed over thousands of years?
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:44 AM
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3. we have... but some bastards want to turn back the clock
Edited on Sat Jan-23-10 10:46 AM by fascisthunter
just so an elite maintains it's elitism. Darwin was right about evolution... not all creatures evolve die, I guess that can apply to humans as well, because this path is destructive to a republic.
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:49 AM
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4. the elite make sure that there is not a fair system
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NoNothing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 11:07 AM
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5. I don't agree it is so simple
Free speech doesn't necessarily mean equal speech.
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 11:15 AM
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6. bribing doesn't equal Free Speech... your premise is way off
money=free speech is garbage, and so is corporate personhood. One person, one vote... that's democracy. As for freedom of speech, you are most welcome to yell at the top of your lungs abd tell this government what you think... no one stopping you.
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NoNothing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 12:26 PM
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7. The OP didn't talk about corps
Just "those with more ." My point was just that I would feel like my free speech was curtailed if I couldn't use whatever money I have earned to broadcast my views.
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