Pete Santilli is a new media journalist who broadcasts on YouTube and streaming internet radio. He is brash, controversial, rude, and he is completely within his rights to be so. He has a radio show titled “Telling the Truth… Whether You Like It or Not.” He goes against the grain of some, and the efforts by various groups to define certain types of speech as illegal is exactly what he is fighting against. Hate speech, bullying speech, intolerant speech, incendiary speech, anti-government speech, right-wing speech and more are all protected by our 1st amendment, yet they being challenged as being illegal. And in many cases the government is supporting that view and carving out areas where free speech will not be accepted. Of course limiting free speech to special “acceptable” areas is no free speech at all. But if these limitations are not challenged, the right of free speech could very well disappear.
Santilli exercised his right of free speech recently, and he is sitting in jail now for his efforts. He will no doubt be released as soon as a lawyer is found who will fight for Santilli’s basic right to express himself, but the damage will be done. The government will have made its point that they will limit your speech if they choose, and you will have to be willing to pay a price in order to exercise your rights. If they do this enough, people will no doubt give up because the government has unlimited resources and power to bully the public into silence, but individuals do not usually have the resources to fight back.
See what got Santilli thrown in jail on page 2:
There is little to know excuse for this type of activity by our “government” and law enforcement. There are murderers, drug dealers, child molesters, and this is who they target?
I’m trusting in the FBI and American Judicial System. Who are you trusting here Right Wing Propaganda sites as usual.
You’re very presumptive Ed…I don’t trust in government much anymore…to much b******t…unlike you..who seem to be soooo enlightened….
He called on like-minded morons to come to the NWA and bring their weapons. He will now have a jury of his peers decide if he was part of the conspiracy. That’s how America works: you do an act, you get charged, you have a trial.
This is like it started in Germany too! Gestapo and the brown shirts exercising the will of$#%&!@* Obama breaks the laws of this country daily and the idiots in his bureaucracy continue to serve their master regardless of legality. Obama is corrupt, deceptive, and manipulative, using the office he currently holds to attain his racist agenda.
The Government fabricates charges as they go along! Apparently it is easier to kill or jail the perpetrator, than to allow protest. Why did an individual have to be ambushed and killed by FBI agents in Oregon? What about Branch Dividian or Ruby Ridge. Tell me again about the crimes committed? Did these occur during a Republicans time in office? An the president recently said how wonderful it was to talk with such outstanding “Black Lives Matter” individuals. What is ever done about their protest? They’re certainly as violent as any others.
That will stop when Trump gets into office.
They turned it into the “We have a right to remain Silent” thing… I guess they just don’t know one right from another…
I support his right to say stupid things. I alkso support the governmentsd right to arrect those who participated in the hostile takover of government property.
Sue, for alot.