{"id":6195,"date":"2009-07-15T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T10:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/07\/lefties-seem-to-be-indulging-the-itch-to-crush-free-speech\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T14:53:49","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T21:53:49","slug":"lefties-seem-to-be-indulging-the-itch-to-crush-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/07\/lefties-seem-to-be-indulging-the-itch-to-crush-free-speech.html","title":{"rendered":"Lefties Seem to be Indulging the Itch to Crush Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicradioassociation.org\/localism.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A common temptation of Lefties that emerges very quickly after you give them any power is the hankering to smash free speech and only allow Goodthink.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related to this is the notion that all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others\u2013a notion that finds expression in the absurdity of \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.keyc.com\/node\/24806\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">hate crime\u201d legislation that is currently being bustled through Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Much mischief will be done by these morons in the next couple of years unless the GOP gets a clue and get its act together.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know where the current Lefty lusty to regulate speech and jumble it all up with regulating \u201chate\u201d, just look to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpost.com\/story.html?id=1791002\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">neighbor <\/a>to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/ldn\/2009\/jul\/09071309.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">North<\/a>, where tinpot bureaucratic dictators with delusions of godhood are making life hell for all sorts of ordinary people.  Imagine a nation ruled by a battalion of <a href=\"http:\/\/harrypotter.wikia.com\/wiki\/Dolores_Umbridge\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dolores Umbridges <\/a>and you get the idea.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A common temptation of Lefties that emerges very quickly after you give them any power is the hankering to smash free speech and only allow Goodthink. 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