The left-wing was gravely disturbed by the theoretical possibility that the government might be listening to an innocent American citizen talking to his terrorist buddies in Pakistan. I've yet to hear of an actual case.
No one on the left is in the least bit concerned about this:
Chip Harrison said he was driving to work when a police car followed him for several miles and then signaled for him to pull over.''I pulled over, knowing I hadn't done anything wrong," Harrison said in a recent phone interview.
When the officer asked Harrison if he knew why he had been pulled over, Harrison said he did not.
''They said, 'It's because of the sign in your window,'" Harrison said.
''It's not meant to be a threat, it's a statement about abortion," Harrison said.
He said he disagrees with the president's position on abortion.
''I asked the officer, 'Do you know what abort means?'" Harrison said. "He said, 'Yeah, it means to kill.' I said, 'No, it means to remove or terminate.'"
Harrison said his sign was to be interpreted as saying something like: Remove Obama from office, not unborn babies from the womb.
The officers confiscated Harrison's sign and gave him a slip of paper that stated he was part of an investigation.
Sometime later, the Secret Service paid Chip a visit...
IRS audit, check of state databases on whether his licenses are up to date, whether he has any tax liens, unpaid child support. I hope his papers are in order.
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center is doing their bit to earn double lightning bolt insignia.
Types of Hate SpeechWe identified four types of speech that, through negative statements, create a climate of hate and prejudice: (1) false facts [including "simple falsehoods, exaggerated statements, or decontextualized facts [that] rendered the statements misleading"], (2) flawed argumentation, (3) divisive language, and (4) dehumanizing metaphors (table 1).
Basically everything the left did during the last eight years should now be illegal.
