‘We’ll Be F**king Back!’: Residents Protest Cursing Ban With Profanity-Laced Rally to Prove That ‘Gov’t Is a Bully’
- Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:20pm by
Billy Hallowell
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Some detractors in Middleborough, Massachusetts, are protesting a new law that bans public profanity — and they’re taking an interesting avenue in doing so. Rather than calmly petitioning politicians or taking other, less flagrant approaches, several dozen residents came together on Monday to host a profanity-laden protest against the new ordinance. The bylaw, which passed overwhelmingly just two weeks ago, will allow $20 tickets to be handed out for public cursing.
While some of the protesters shouted expletives during the rally, others carried posters that advertised offensive language — the same language that is likely soon-to-be-banned. The spectacle, which also attracted individuals who support the law, took place on the lawn in front of the Middleborough Town Hall.
It was organized by Adam Kokesh, a libertarian television and radio host (you may remember his 2011 dance party at the Jefferson Memorial that ended in violent arrests).
(Related: MA Town Votes to Fine Residents $20 for…Cursing in Public (But Should It?)
“This isn’t just about free speech. What we’re doing here today is calling attention to the fundamental nature of government,” Kokesh proclaimed. “Government is a bully.”
Watch Kokesh speak about the ban, below:
Despite the chagrin, protesters couldn’t be ticketed for their antics, as the law won‘t go into effect until the Massachusetts’ attorney general decides whether it’s constitutional.
Swearing in public has been illegal in the town since 1968, although the previous “criminal” act was amended to be a more minor infraction in the most recent vote. The former law, due to its intensely-legal distinction, was rarely upheld.
(H/T: Huffington Post)
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Comments (160)
Leader1776
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:06pmGreat theater! Time to break-out Carlin‘s ’Class Clown’ album (for those knowing the one skit on it). Remember Roberto Clemente?
Report Post »SocialistSlayer
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:46pmIts funny – My 11 year old son asked me who decides what words are bad words – I didn’t have a good answer for him. I have seen the meaning of words change over time from good to bad. I told him right now Liberals decide which words or good or bad. We are on a dangerous course in this country and our constitution is at stake. I might not like someone cursing or saying certain things but I should Love their right to Freedom of Speech!
Report Post »GodHatesFigs
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:58pmGreat. You had a nice teaching moment and you decided to use it to indoctrinate your son into your political ideology. Bravo.
Report Post »Bruce P.
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 2:08pmYou admit you did not have a good answer, so you blamed liberals.
What absolute ignorance.
Report Post »Leader1776
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 3:25pm@Bruce P.
Report Post »Actually, I believe he couldn’t think of an appropriate answer to why liberals are always wrong. There’s a difference.
JRook
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 3:58pm@SocialistSlayer I told him right now Liberals decide which words or good or bad. Interesting, did you also tell him about the history of book burning in the US and the conservative religious types that were behind those similarly intelligent thoughts and actions.
Report Post »anomnomnommm
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 4:02pmWas this voted on directly by the members of the town?
Report Post »JRook
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 4:03pm@Leader1776 So your clarification to an ignorant statement is to present an equally ignorant one. Yes it is scary how people educate their kids with ideology as opposed to knowledge and skills.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 5:15pmJR: define ” ideology.” have a feeling for you that means religion and / or manners !
Report Post »suttonea76
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 6:10pm@JROOK – pretty lame attempt at trying to prove a point. Book burning and legislating and not even close to the same. So what if books were burned in ignorance by a select few as the contrast shows how ignorant liberals are that they can decide for you what to say and then fine you for it. Liberals don’t amount to much, just hot air.
Report Post »Force2bewreckin
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 6:54pm@jrook the book burnings and slavery was the work of Democrats.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:05pmCursing in public is wrong and vulgar however the idea that you must pay a fine is ridiculous. The US government and he state governments are out of control and need to be knocked down a few notches.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 4:01pmWhy is it that when it is an policy or action you don’t like, it is the democrats and liberals in government that are behind it. But when you have a situation like this one that is most likely the result of a conservative Republican brain trust you refer to it as the government is out of control.
Report Post »bravjim
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 4:49pmJRook:
Report Post »It’s a town in Massachusettes. Not exactly a bastion of conservative thought up there.
AmazingGrace8
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 12:14amIt is the same ole’ story. When the “great-American-smoke-out” took place last year, all the cursing & non-cursing citizens who smoked took “the individual pledge” not to smoke & the city lost a tax revenue and as we all know, when there is an elimination of one tax revenue….the city has to replace it with another tax revenue….LOL
Report Post »If a person has a desire to “break a habit” it does take determination and concentration. Something for the cussers to think about is to be creative with a “new-word” to replace a cuss word. I love watching old movies when someone would use creative-words to express outrage or disappointment.. Simple words to replace a cuss word would be “oh sugar”. Hmmm…probably would be considered cuss words in NYC..LOL
OperationNorthwoods
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:04pmI stand with the potty mouths and Adam Kokesh.
Report Post »theblazerunner
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 2:30pmsame…
Report Post »bravjim
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 4:50pmsame here too. This country is about freedom, and this is a matter of free speech.
Report Post »Brother Winston Smith
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:04pmAWESOME!!!!!!!! I can see by the comments so far, many FAKE-conservative KNOW WHO THIS MAN IS! YES! Keep bashing Kokesh! Keep bashing his Constitutional liberty! This is a FANTASTIC SIGN. It tells us the FAKE-conservatives KNOW HE IS FOR PAUL… KNOW HE IS A VETERAN AGAINST NATION-BUILDING… KNOW HE REJECTS THE ESTABLISHMENT GOP and most importantly, THEY KNOW HE CANNOT BE CO-OPTED!
Report Post »jdog777
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 7:44pmI like Kokesh and I agree with him 85.9% of the time. Don’t be naive though and say Kokesh can not be co-opted…. he has been co-opted numberous times. Code Pink co-opted him. OWS is co-opted him and the Tea Party co-opted him. Ron Paulites co-opted him. It is a strong statement to say someone can not be co-opted. Kokesh will grab an audience where-ever he can. BTW… he is not a Libertarian Minarchist (much like many of the founding fathers)… he is an Anarchist. He doesn’t think there is any reason for government. Listen to his youtube channel.
Report Post »Brother Winston Smith
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 10:20pmOoooops, jdog777…
LIE:
“Code Pink co-opted him.”
TRUTH:
Co-opting means CHANGING beliefs. If a few pinkers happen to show up at a Kokesh Jefferson memorial shindig, that is NOT “being co-opted.”
TACTIC USED:
Guilt-by-association is classic deception. Ron Paul faces this all the time. The smearer will often telegraph their dishonesty by preluding their propaganda with “I mostly agree with so-n-so, BUT…”
LIE:
“OWS is co-opted him”
TRUTH:
Kokesh spent months INTERVIEWING OWSers and spreading the good message of Ron Paul. Kokesh ACTUALLY CONVERTED SOME OWSers, who have been brainwashed by the leftist universities.
LIE:
“the Tea Party co-opted him.”
TRUTH:
Kokesh seemed to be active in the tea parties BEFORE they were co-opted by the LEFTIST gop. Furthermore, I can recall a Kokesh interview CALLING OUT THE CONTRADICTIONS of FAKE-TEA GOP Amy Kramer from the FAKE-TEA GOP Tea Party Express.
LIE:
“Ron Paulites co-opted him.”
TRUTH:
Kokesh IS… a “Paulite” who organized a veteran march for him in DC (the story was BURIED by the MS(fake-conservative)M).
I’m glad fake-conservatives KNOW SO MUCH about Kokesh (so as to lie about him). Being FORCED to acknowledge and lie about liberty… is MUCH better than keeping it hidden by IGNORING IT (like they do Paul). It only means Kokesh’s voice is getting louder!
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:02pmPeople need to learn that the Freedom of Speech clause is NOT all encompassing. The Supreme Courts have ruled that there are restrictions to it. Any student of history knows the founding fathers were talking about political and religious speech. Read the Federalist Papers. Child – porn is not protected speech, threats of violence is not protected speech, and the courts have said obsenity for the sole purpose of being obsene is not protected.
Report Post »Brother Winston Smith
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:07pmWow, SquidVetOhio. You’re quite the Authoritarian. Obama would be PROUD! The founders also gave us the Sedition Act. What did that ignite? The SAME THING WE SHOULD IGNITE… NULLIFICATIONS!!!!!
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:21pmWow, you’re quite the anarchist. Are we done with the name calling? Your example means squat and has zilch to do with my argument. The “original intent” (which is what I thought us conservatives is all about) was the protection of political and religious speech. Read some of the public decency laws that were around during the late 1700‘s and early 1800’s.
Godless liberals who wish to legitimize their deviancy are liberals no matter what they call themselves. I‘m starting to believe that a libertarian is just a liberal who doesn’t like to pay taxes.
Report Post »Wilahelm
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:53pmThen how are we ‘free’?
Report Post »Bruce P.
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 2:22pmBROTHER WINSTON is right, SQUIDVETOHIO is quite the authoritarian, wanting to legislate his twisted morality while he wipes his behind with the Constitution he so hates. He’s sure to find some passage the Bible against foul language (probably in Deuteronomy, then when you call him on the other BS in Deuteronomy, he‘ll say that doesn’t apply because of the New Testament) and then equate it to homosexuals and hating the flag.
SQUIDVETOHIO — the examples you gave, child pornography and threats of violence, can (and do) bring harm. No case can be made for obscenity, however much you do not like it, causes anyone harm.
Report Post »ThisAccountHasBeenCensored
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 4:45pmI don’t think anyone, other than a select few perverts, has ever tried to argue that “Child” porn is protected under the 1st amendment. Adult porn however, is protected. All Adult porn is, is two consenting adults, participating in sexual activities in front of a camera and selling the recorded images to other consenting adults. Whereas “Child” porn, is evidence of criminal activity, that is distributed to other criminal deviants.
Threats are protected speech (whether you think so or not). Threats, until acted upon, are nothing more than vocalized thoughts. Which means, I can tell you that, “I’m going to kick the f**cking s**t out or dumba**!” all day long. It doesn’t become a crime, until I take steps to follow through with my threat.
And, I don’t care how many times the courts have ruled that Obscenity, simply for the sake of being Obscene, is not protected speech, it is and always should be. Once we allow those who govern us to criminalize words (because they have decided that they are Obscene) we will lose our ability to protest that government because, every word we say (against them) will be deemed Obscene.
All one needs to do, to debunk your “because the courts have ruled” arguments, is point to our countries (and courts) history with Slavery. Our courts have ruled on many occasion, that humans owning other humans, was perfectly legal. Tell me something, because the courts ruled that Slavery was legal, under our constitution, did that mean that the
Report Post »bravjim
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 4:56pmI am not a full fledged libertarian, I am a Constitutionalist. And free speech is free speech, whether it is religious or political or not. A man should be able to filter his words for himself without the government telling him what he can or cannot say, whether it is the federal government, state government, or local government. The
Report Post »ThisAccountHasBeenCensored
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 4:56pmdid that mean that they were right?
Report Post »rfycom
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:01pmInteresting. Cussing is as old as toenails. Free speech is free speech. Why does Beck wipe out cussing on this board?
Report Post »hatchetjob
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:06pmFor tender ears and eyes.
Report Post »bearfoot25
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:11pmBecause this is a privately owned forum, and he makes the rules.
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:22pmYou have the right to express profanity SOMEWHERE, but not EVERYWHERE! Still, thanks for making your point well without it! I cheer you for that!
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:23pmBecause , of intelligence – lawsuits.
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 3:31pmFunny how the editors have cuss words in every other headline. Words like **** are used by the writers but when I wrote the word just like they do in the headlines it looks like this ****. It did on my last post anyways lets see what happens this time….
In other words its ok for the writers to use these words to suck readers into a particular article. Bravo. If we the people try that we’ll get the **** instead. Hypocrisy??? Yep.
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 3:38pmLOL I wrote it just like the editor did in THE HEADLINE OF THIS ARTICLE!
Hey Blaze!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HYPOCRISY MUCH???
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:59pmIf you can’t convey a message without the use of vulgarity then your message probably isn’t worthy of conveyance to begin with.
Report Post »Bruce P.
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 2:42pmThat is not for the government to decide.
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 3:17pmI didn’t say it was. Class is class.
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 3:35pmYou didn’t say it was… So, you‘re just fine with the government taking those rights away though aren’t you. Yes of course you are. That’s a good little progressive.
Report Post »bravjim
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 5:00pmding ding ding, Bruce, you get the gold star.
Report Post »RightMeansRight2
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:58pmPersonally, I f****** hate it when those g****** filthy mouth people shout out words like **** and ****** and ********** in public, and I am standing there with my kids. These f****** a**h***s are rude, inconsiderate and must think that everybody is just fine with their f****** bad language. Well f*** those potty mouths. Just f*** ‘em.
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:58pmI’m torn by this!
Report Post »On the one hand, profanity is the effort of a feeble mind to express itself forcibly, and it has no usefulness in public discourse. Such words never leave my lips. I pride myself in communicating in more civilized ways!
But when it comes to freedom of speech, I think I’d rather err on the side of caution, especially in this day when we have President Progressive that doesn’t recognize individual liberty, and that social justice should be coerced. He expresses the belief in collective salvation and that only the “collective” has rights. The 1st Amendment gets my vote, and I’m with the protestors.
searching for the Truth
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:05pmAfter all, Peter did – after he was possessed.
Report Post »Atilla
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:57pmOf course it is unconstitutional and beyond stupid. Typical of the communist state of MA and I liv here.
Report Post »762x51
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:56pmLMAO at these people. You want free speech? MOVE, you’re in Massachusetts. Get a clue.
Of course when ******** move they bring their disease with them.
To paraphrase Agent Smith:
Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you Liberals do not. You move to an area and you multiply… and multiply until everyone around you is controlled. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Liberals are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague, and conservatives … are the cure.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:32pmHow very pointed hat. The sheet place enjoys your conservatism.
Report Post »theblazerunner
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 2:17pmnailed it 76.
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 3:42pmRight on 76! PREACH IT!
Report Post »conservativewoman
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:51pmI am torn on this one. I understand the free speech issue, BUT I don’t like kids being exposed to bad language. Also, there used to be a time not too long ago when men tried not to curse in front of women.
In my opinion, people who curse alot do not sound intelligent. Cursing on the street just make them appear low-class.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:58pmPeople who curse alot are generally not intelligent. I’m speaking as a former sailor.
Report Post »762x51
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:58pmI agree, however, once the liberal dictators can control one form of speech everything else is fair game. That is why the came up with hate speech. Where is it written that you cannot hate someone? They hate conservatives so I hate them back, I’m just better at it than they are.
Report Post »hatchetjob
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:01pmI agree, especially when men use to be gentlemen with their language, but then again some women are just as foul.
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:29pmYeah, I’m dumb in respectable places.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:49pmGood intentions does not always equate to good governing. You see they just took it to the next obvious level…
Report Post »red_white_blue2
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:44pmYeah, stepping on Freedom of Speech is KINDA gonna get you a lot of attention in this country. I don’t necessarily like a lot of profanity, but we all use it. Sometimes it actually fits. The issue is, freedom of speech. Don’t attempt to legislate my morals. How about being an example of good morals.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:57pmUh, no we all don’t use it. If someone talks filthy in front of my kids, I call them out. Have some freaking sense. You want to cuss in a bar or whatever, that’s your perogative. It’s about public decency. You can’t walk around naked. No difference.
Plus, ever heard of Federalism? States and towns have the right to enforce their own pulblic order. If you don’t like it, move.
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:07pmWell, I’m beside myself – someone who can reason.
Report Post »Wilahelm
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:59pmSquid sounds like fascist pig to me.
Report Post »Bruce P.
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 2:29pmWILAHEM — he absolutely is, absolutely hates the Constitution and liberty.
Report Post »Bruce P.
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 2:30pmSQUIDVETOHIO — ever hear of the Constitution? It applies to all levels of government, including the local level. Which is what presents authoritarians like you violating the rights of anyone you do not like at the local level. Which, of course, is why you hate the Constitution.
Report Post »Bruce P.
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 2:34pm*Sigh* presents = prevents
Report Post »Godfather.1
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 5:31pm@SquidVetOhio
So, based on your logic you would have no problem if a town or city decided to ban all guns. After all, that would just be the torn enforcing its own public order.
It looks like that “law class” you took didn’t help your understanding of the Constitution.
Report Post »highndry
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:43pmWhat a stretch for revenue. Next, we”l be paying to use toilet’s again in public buildings, with a huge federal and state tax of course.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:42pm…
I stand with Middleborough. I hate public profanity, and I also hate public spitting. Wish they were both banned, coast to coast.
This is not Government trying to tell you what to do. This is just common decency and courtesy to others. The break down of society starts when people do any offensive thing they please in public, with no regard to the effect they have on others.
Report Post »shagstar
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:58pmand,just because you don’t like it,,everyone else should cater to you?
Report Post »Force2bewreckin
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:01pmGo a head and lick boots. You disgust me.
Report Post »Bruce P.
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 2:27pmLEADNOTFOLLOW — so, when the government legislates “decency” and “morality” is not the government telling people what to do? The government makes laws to control behavior you do not approve of is not telling people what to do?
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:42pmI sincerely believe that if anyone had ever heard the devil curse that they would not mind the law at all.
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:39pmWell, it’s all nice until the devil asks your wife at a restaurant out for a late night dinner romp !
Report Post »HKS
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:47pmLiberals just don‘t like to be bitched out for the crap they do so they pass a law that you can’t cuss when you bitch them out. Is this a great country or what?
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:04pmEvil days are a coming. It will be as a day a mother will wish her child were never born !
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:27pmSome little bird seems to tell me that one doesn’t need to worry about the skill level of a liberal cursing.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:38pmGeorge Washington… gave standing orders… to Flog troops for Swearing… hence the saying: WHIP THEM INTO SHAPE!
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:04pmExactly. Our Libertarian friends love to quote our founding fathers right up until they get to the religious parts. Which is the dominant subject they talked about. Selective history.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:12pm@SQ…
Report Post »The Truth is just True… and has No Political Agenda… but can be misused by Politicians.
theblazerunner
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 2:47pmthat was the military…and just while on duty.
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:35pmWhat a poo-poo head.
Report Post »SLOWBIDEN
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:34pmIn S.C. you are arrested and jailed for profanity. Disorderly conduct. I was jailed for using the F word in front of a cop.
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:30pmWith all the crap barack is shoving down our throats, this is the hot button?
Report Post »Brother Winston Smith
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:17pmYes, USPATRIOT101
Constitutional law and liberty, and individual freedom IS THE ISSUE OF OUR TIME! And “Barack” is not throwing ANYTHING “down our throats” that Bush didn’t and Romney (who, if cheat-nominated, will reelect Barack) would not.
Report Post »2SENSEWORTH
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:29pmHow precious is this – Adam Kokesh – the newest mentor/hero for our children.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:31pmRemember there will be a bunch more like him. A battle hardened Marine with PTSD. I think his way of coping is going to be much better than what we can expect from all our brothers when they return unfortunately. Think about that. Besides so nice of the Blaze covering him on this, but not when he honored our fallen in Washington on Presidents’ Day. Kudos Blaze!
Report Post »BenInNY
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 10:27am@justangry doesn‘t the lack of coverage speak more to the fact that it’s thankfully commonplace to respect and honor the fallen?
Report Post »As an aside, until this story I only knew of him through his having a show on Russia Today, which gave me an obviously bad impression of him by virtue of the mere affiliation. Now after looking into who he is a little, my impression has moved up into “tolerable.” Maybe further investigation will boost that more.
Tri-ox
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:29pmOkay – so, the law is not a good idea, but, is being a vulgar pig in public really the best way to protest it?
Report Post »theblazerunner
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:57pmthey are words…get over it.
Report Post »tricia
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:29pmWow, what kind of people stand on the street to DEFEND filth. Maybe the fine/punishment should be sweeping the gutters.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:50pmhmm that reminds me, I need to clean the gutters and get the moss off the roof (real soon)…thanks!
Report Post »J_Ind_Boston
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:59pmYou obviously are missing the whole point – this is a restriction of speech. Who decides what is vulgar or not? The government? Suppose I say something that only sounds vulgar? Can I be fined for that? What if I use ‘vulgar’ words to describe what I hear someone say, can I be fined for that too? I don’t curse and would be the first one to tell someone to watch their language around my kids, but this is no place for the government to be making laws about what ‘they’ think is vulgar.
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 12:59pmGangs !
Report Post »Bruce P.
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 2:33pmTRICIA — people who believe in freedom of speech. Every encroachment should be defended against, no matter how much it may offend your fragile sensibilities.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on June 26, 2012 at 5:12pmOK. Let’s protect our freedom of speech but push that old use of soap to clean dirty mouths and push parenting classes for the clueless .
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