Bloggers Avoid Federal Crackdown on Speech

InklingBooks writes "Redstate has a chilling description of the FEC's original March 10 proposal to regulate political speech on the Internet. It would have been a 'regulatory minefield for bloggers' and may yet return." CNet has a view of this earlier language as well. It's important to note that the regulation has changed much since the initial draft. The FEC began consideration of more developed regulation language on Thursday. From the article: "So, the original attempt to regulate started with the premise that everything was to be regulated except that with limited distribution or on password-protected sites."

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Re:B.S.

[Atrax]

A well armed citizenry means liberty and justice for all

I can't tell you how fucking scary I find that comment. Really, I'm out of words here.

We pay taxes to maintain an army and police force. You're just talking about "taking the law into your own hands" - which I would think of as democracy, but gun types seem to think of as armed revolution. Words fail me.

Re:B.S.

[mmkkbb]

You started a political flamewar when you called a guy's comment "fucking scary".

I think it's fucking scary when you fucking Brits think that gun ownership is pathological.