President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed. Twitter users say Trump is violating the First Amendment by blocking people from his feed after they posted scornful comments. (AP/J. David Ake)
As President Donald Trump faces criticism for blocking users on his Twitter account, people across the country say they, too, have been cut off by elected officials at all levels of government after voicing dissent on social media.
The drink soaked expensive private members clubs of London are generally home of the UK Conservative party’s ageing but still prominent base. Here, people congregate and wax prosaically about their travels to countries lik East Germany and Ceaușescu’s Romania . They speak negatively about censorship, unnecessary bureaucracy, an intimidating Stasi and a total lack of political opposition.
-by NoahI've never been a fan of Kathy Griffin, and I'm certainly not a fan of CNN, but she may just have been ahead of the curve with her infamous "severed head" bit. I admit that what she did was more than a bit strong; forgive the pun; too cutting edge.
CNN host Kathy Griffin has posed for a photograph holding a mock-up of what is unambiguously depicting the severed head of President Donald Trump.
Apart from being a disgusting act, it may well be criminal.
I am a free speech advocate but like many, I believe the line should be drawn and criminal threats and obscene images or literature. The Griffin photograph not only fits both criteria, but is exemplary of each.
On May 10th, the Conseil d'Etat, the highest administrative court in France, decided to ask for clarifications from the European Union Court of Justice regarding the recent EU Tobacco Products Directive. The directive would require larger health warnings, banning packs with under 20 cigarettes, banning characterizing flavors like menthol or vanilla, standardizing the shape of all packs, and heavily regulating the sale of e-cigarettes. Beyond the obvious restriction of freedom of choice, when does this regulatory action cross the line to restricting free speech?
In the aftermath of the Manchester suicide bombing, London police have opened an investigation into a Tweet from a journalist with the Daily Mail who exhorted Western men to stand up against immigration of people who are hostile to European culture. [...]
The Justice Department is prosecuting a woman who laughed during a Senate hearing to confirm Jeff Sessions as attorney general. I can sympathize with her somewhat absurd plight because I was once tossed out of the press box in the Supreme Court for laughing at the wrong time.
Nathan Damigo is a combat veteran, university student, and activist. He is also the founder of Identity Evropa, a North American Identitarian organization dedicated to creating a new future for people of European heritage.
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In the midst of a party that can only be described as surreal, controversial former Breitbart technology editor Milo Yiannopoulos announced that he is going to start his own US based publisher called ‘Dangerous’.
The publishing company is set to release books pushing the boundaries of free speech with a generally librarian and conservative line.
