Category Archives: Free Speech
Professor Calls For Selective Censorship to Reign in ‘Cheap Speech’
In an August, 18th Los Angeles Times Op-Ed, Richard L. Hasen, the Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at UC Irvine, offered his insight into the problem of “cheap speech.” Framing the context in an opening paragraph that fingers … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheap Speech, Free Speech, Richard Hasen, UC Irvine
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A Discussion about the “Not-See” Party
f you insist that your marches are about peaceful protest why do you brook masked and hooded thugs bent on using violence and intimidation to suppress or stop that speech? This week Rich and I explore how the Democrats and Progressives … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Free Speech
Tagged Antifa, democrats, Free Speech, Not-See Party
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RTKNH receives Loeb First Amendment Award
The Union Leader reports that Right to Know NH is this year’s recipient of the Nackey S. Loeb First Amendment Award. The award will be presented on October 5, 2017 at the Palace Theater in Manchester, NH. The event will also feature attorney Gregory … Continue reading
Posted in Free Speech, Right to Know Law, Right to Know NH
Tagged First Amendment, Nackey S. Loeb, RTKNH
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Entitled Loud Mouths
They want to order off the Chinese menu of modernity, picking and choosing the dishes they like, while at the same time cursing the cuisine and the culture that created it. It’s like Hollywood lefties who crap on America, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Free Speech, Jonah Goldberg, Scott Morales
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Adhocracy, Why the Progressives are against Free Speech
Remember when the Democrats unanimously voted to repeal the First Amendment back in 2014? Remember when Hillary wanted to curtail free speech when it pertains to politicians? And how about all those times over the past several years when Progressives and leftists … Continue reading
Posted in Free Speech, GraniteGrok, Progressives
Tagged Free Speech, Kevin Willimason, Scott Morales
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Unlikely Allies Join Fight To Protect Free Speech On The Internet
“I think Richard Spencer and I wouldn’t agree on hardly anything,” he says. “But on the issues of whether these (internet) companies should be able to control what I can and can’t hear, I think in principle we have to … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, Free Speech, Google, NHPR, Richard Spencer, Robert McChesney
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Just 28% Think Americans Have True Freedom of Speech Today
Few Americans think they have true freedom of speech today and think the country is too politically correct. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 28% of American Adults think Americans have true freedom of … Continue reading
Posted in Free Speech, National News, National Politics & Policy
Tagged Free Speech, Polling, Rasmussen
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Maybe 99.7% of Boston Anti-Free-Speech Protesters Were Not There for Peaceful Purposes
This morning Chief Nick Willard asked me about the 99.9% (or 99.7%) of protesters whom the Boston Police commissioners claimed were in the city for a peaceful demonstration. I said (paraphrasing) he couldn’t possibly know that but if 40,000™ people showed up … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Culture, Free Speech, GraniteGrok
Tagged Antifa, Boston, Free Speech
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Kimberly Morin Discusses Firearm Sales and Boston’s Free Speech Rally
Guest host Manchester Police Chief Nick Willard talked to Kimberly Morin of NH Political Buzz for Politically Buzzed. Kimberly began the segment by inquiring about a statement that the Chief said in a prior segment regarding the purchasing of firearms. They then discussed the free speech rally that … Continue reading
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Tagged Kimberly Morin, Nick Willard, Politically Buzzed
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The New Media Militia On Girard at Large with Guest Host Chief Nick Willard – In Defense of Free Speech
This week on the New Media Militia segment of Girard at Large; Manchester Police Chief Nick Willard (the guest host) and I discuss human nature (from policing to running a restaurant). Then we explore the long-term ramifications of the Mob … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston, Free Speech, Girard At Large, Nick Willard
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The New Media Militia 