January 31, 2008

ACTIVISM ALERT: In Defense of Free Speech Rights on the National Mall

[pls sign!] We the undersigned are supporting the emergency mobilization of the people demanding that there be no new restrictions on free speech or protest related activities on the National Mall in Washington D.C. This is the real objective of the Bush Administration’s plans for the National Mall.My buddy sez: Free speech zones are one of the most ridiculous infringements on the freedom of speech imaginable. How is speech that is subversive, to be considered truly free, when it is restricted to zones in which no one will see or hear it? How can our government seek to restrict the places where we gather in dissent and protest, to make one voice out of thousands, and still call it a government of the free? How can they possibly seek to restrict places in Washington DC where historic gatherings and demonstrations have taken place? This cannot happen. We cannot allow this to happen.This administration uses fear of terror as a provocation to silence its critics and opposition. They say that the protests and coverage thereof threatens our national security, by showing our country as "weak to the enemy". Our country IS weak, and we MUST have a voice, or there will be nothing left of this country to fight for, if our freedom to fight, vocalize, or organize is diminished.Please join other notable figures of activism and compassion, of truth and justice, and help spread the word, that we must be allowed to have freedom of speech. It must not be suppressed, and it must not be restricted to the laughable concept of "free speech zones".Please go to the link, and sign the petition, to join in with solidarity.

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