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posted at 4:12 pm on May 26, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
And Instapundit, and Drudge Report, and pretty much anything with Andrew Breitbart’s name on it, too. The Media Research Center indulged in a little experiment on the support for free speech in Georgetown by having Joe Schoffstall walk around with a petition to ban conservative “hate sites” like the aforementioned and yours truly. Joe discovers that the young people he approached think free speech is great, but not as cool as, say, sports:
“There has to be some control,” one young woman says. “I mean, freedom of speech is good, but, there is a certain modicum of control — I mean, look at the Tea Party.” Yeah, look at that freedom of assembly and freedom of political speech that garnered so much support that Republicans won more new seats in a midterm election than either party had in 72 years. We have to control that kind of thing! I particularly liked the one woman who signed the petition because sites like ours “cause a lot of debate.” Oh, heavens, no! Not debate! Why, then one might have to actually pay attention and think for one’s self!
Most common reaction to the question, “What do you think of the First Amendment?” was “I think it’s great, but ….” Maybe Georgetown should consider remedial Civics and American History classes.
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the adults are in charge
rob verdi on April 3, 2013 at 5:22 PM
Smart power.
steebo77 on April 3, 2013 at 5:29 PM
glitches…
is that between not optimal and bumps in the road?
DanMan on April 3, 2013 at 5:30 PM
What? Muslim extremists don’t have a sense of humor?
News to me…
Nethicus on April 3, 2013 at 5:34 PM
Wasn’t it the US Embassy in Cairo, which began the “we’re so sorry about the anti-muslim film” excuse first? You know, the one that our dear leader and his cohorts used as an excuse to arrest Nakoula Basseley Nakoula?
Hill60 on April 3, 2013 at 5:39 PM
Seven Percent Solution on April 3, 2013 at 5:40 PM
The You Tube Benghazi videographer is unable to comment due to prison rules..
hillsoftx on April 3, 2013 at 5:48 PM
Get with the progressive ideal no culture is better than another one so the entire idea of human rights is a sham.
chemman on April 3, 2013 at 5:57 PM
Blithering idiots.
They have no idea what they’re doing, and wind up doing the worst possible thing: Projecting both incompetence and weakness simultaneously.
novaculus on April 3, 2013 at 6:07 PM
The MoBro are the REB’s people, you can’t mess with them.
slickwillie2001 on April 3, 2013 at 6:25 PM
I realize the purpose of The Daily Show, but it’s pretty clear that even behind the jokes, they simply don’t get it. But, of course, they likely all voted for Barack, so intelligence isn’t something I’d highlight as a strong point among the TDS viewership.
Or the US Embassy.
BKeyser on April 3, 2013 at 9:09 PM
As gutless as Morsi. Obama’s grand Middle East strategy in action. What courage! What boldness! All this from that purported multi-dimensional chess player.
Pahhh, what a clueless, idiotic clown.
ss396 on April 3, 2013 at 9:49 PM
Seems to me that we have had an inordinate amount of “glitches” since, oh, around Jan 2009.
Difficultas_Est_Imperium on April 4, 2013 at 1:03 AM
I appreciate Jon Stewart because while a liberal, he is true to his convictions. I don’t appreciate the U.S. Embassay in Egypt because they are cowards.
Illinidiva on April 4, 2013 at 11:13 AM
Agree. Note how the audience cheers as Jon Stewart’s graphics put a jail around the Fox-News building because they insulted the president.
Also, Stewart doesn’t realize that the Egyptian government is Islamist and it likely is an offence to criticize Islam. Doesn’t he follow the news at all?
virgo on April 7, 2013 at 12:17 PM