On paper, we may be technically free. In reality, however, we are only as free as a government official may allow. We only think we live in a constitutional republic, governed by just laws created for our benefit. Truth be told, we live in a dictatorship disguised as a democracy where all that we own, all that we earn, all that we say and do—our very lives—depends on the benevolence of government agents and corporate shareholders for whom profit and power will always trump principle. And now the government is litigating and legislating its way into a new framework where the dictates of petty bureaucrats carry greater weight than the inalienable rights of the citizenry. Not only do we no longer have dominion over our bodies, our families, our property and our lives, but the government continues to chip away at what few rights we still have to speak freely and think for ourselves. Protest laws, free speech zones, bubble zones, trespass zones, anti-bullying legislation, zero tolerance policies, hate crime laws and a host of other legalistic maladies dreamed up by politicians and prosecutors are conspiring to corrode our core freedoms purportedly for our own good. Yet no matter how you package these laws, no matter how well-meaning they may sound, no matter how much you may disagree with the protesters or sympathize with the objects of the protest, these proposed laws are aimed at one thing only: discouraging dissent.
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Show Notes
George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya!
GOP lawmakers try to rein in mass protests with new state laws
Arizona Senate votes to seize assets of those who plan, participate in protests that turn violent
Bills Across The Country Could Increase Penalties For Protesters
Republican lawmakers introduce bills to curb protesting in at least 18 states
Proposed laws would crack down on protesters who block roadways
SD Senate Panel Passes Protest Bill Over Tribes’ Objections
US states propose new laws which could stop people protesting against Donald Trump
Republican lawmaker targets Indiana protesters obstructing traffic
Senate backs new police safety effort that some worry hurts protesters
Lawmakers in Ten States Have Proposed Legislation Criminalizing Peaceful Protest
Bill stemming from pipeline protests passes Oklahoma House committee
GOP House approves big fines for “mass picketing”
TSA Warns Local Police About Its New Airport Pat-Downs
John F. Kennedy, “Address on the first Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress”
Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter From Birmingham Jail'
The Government Is Still the Enemy of Freedom
Battlefield America: The War on the American People
Rutherford Institute