Jun 28, 2013
Anti-Bullying Bill Could Jail People Who Criticize Politicians (video)
School's out for summer and Nanny of the Month is taking the opportunity to salute the zealots within the otherwise laudable anti-bullying movement. They take a real problem--few things are more loathsome than picking on the vulnerable--and bungle the response, as has been done with most every "get tough!" effort from D.A.R.E., the failed anti-drug program, to all the idiotic iterations of the "zero tolerance" fad.
Do we really need to ban trash talking at high school sporting events? Do we really need attorney general investigations of foul-mouthed jocks? And for the love of whatever remnants of common sense remain in our schoolhouses and statehouses, do we really need to fight bullying with jail cells?
Not only did this month's top nanny introduce a bill that would criminalize speech deemed to be bullying--up to a year in the clink!--she introduced a bill that, according to UCLA First Amendment scholar Eugene Volokh, is not limited to speech about children (despite it being touted with the typical "for the children!" justifications). Volokh notes that the bill, if passed, could punish harsh speech directed at journalists, academics, celebrities, politicians, and the like, if the speech results in "substantial emotional distress."
Presenting the Nanny of the Month for June 2013: New Mexico State Rep. Mary Helen Garcia!
Written and Produced by Ted Balaker. About a minute-and-a-half long.
Visit http://reason.com/reasontv/2013/06/28... for downloadable versions and subscribe to ReasonTV's YouTube Channel to receive notifications when new material goes live.
Popular Posts
-
The dam finally burst Wednesday as the mainstream media was forced to begin addressing the many very serious unanswered questions regar...
-
Excerpt from http://conservativereport.org/benghazi-valerie-jarrett-cic/ " The second, and most troubling aspect of the refu...
-
May 02, 2010 — There was an immigration protest in Downtown Atlanta which revealed some shocking discoveries. The speakers spoke almost enti...
-
Lila Rose has been criticized of unenthical behavior in her efforts to expose the immoralities and illegal activities of Planned Parenthood ...
-
This is something about this video - amazing, touching, inspiring. See if it resonates with you and do leave a comment if it does to encour...
-
Click here for source or type http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sTy26XYyN4 In a poignant and powerful metaphor, this video presents the b...
-
Joni grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm, so in Washington, she'll know how to cut pork! Weekly Standard profiled the former far...
-
O'Donnell paid for air time but was denied by MSM saying they forgot. Here's the ad. Let's help her out by pass this along and ...
-
Are Card. Wuerl's pastors closet Obama supporters? Dissent within the Archdiocese of Washington D.C.Remember when I posted about how disappointed I was with Card. Wuerl because I did not hear his letter against the HHS mandate read during t...
-
His remains are enshrined in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain - the third holiest town in Roman Catholicism after Jerusalem and Rome....
Blog Archive
- ▼ 2013 (529)
- ► 2012 (797)
- ► 2011 (540)
- ► 2010 (672)
No comments:
Post a Comment