Oh my God please close this thread.
I believe that there have been things in the past that have shown that laws have been passed against the wishes of the majority.
What gave the government the right to place their own citizens in camps on the west coast during WW2.?? What gave the States the right to round up, imprison and confiscate their property.?
What were the law makers thinking when they tried to pass a law that all males of Japanese decent be sterilized at birth.?? That was a real close call for us Americans that calmer heads were aghast at the idea.
Why in the 1970's did I have to fill out a government license application to operate a CB rig and affirm that I did not and had never been a member of the John Birch Society or the Communist party ??
Anyone remember or read about the UnAmerican activities Senate Committee of being on the hunt to out big bad Reds.? This from the 1950's that destroyed lives of anyone suspected of being a Commie.
Today I have great fear of the NEW Miranda Rights changes just enacted where a suspect does not now have to be told they may keep quiet and not say one word unless they have a Lawyer present.---Catch 22 is if the suspect opens their mouth to request a Lawyer then they have agreed to speak with the police as they have just spoken ---ARRRRRRRG. I got this information from a site on AOL News a few months ago and have not heard anything at all about this since then.
The internet can be controlled very easy, as with the CB license that was once needed the Government can require those of us with computers to get a license to use them. The providers can be placed under the thumb of the Government and only send out news they feel is approved for the current administration.
This reminds me of the rules and laws the police use, they can lie to a suspect but the suspect cannot lie to them. So the Government can lie to us, but we cannot lie to them. Better to lie to a cop then the IRS.
We can now be jailed for the so called hate speech---what was freedom to speak your mind is now being censured. It has only just begun, the re education of America.