2005 Jefferson Muzzle Awards

WaldoJ writes "The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression has announced the 'winners' of their annual Jefferson Muzzle awards, given to those individuals or organizations who have abridged individuals' right to free expression. The dubious honor goes to the Department of Homeland Security, The Motion Picture Classification and Rating Administration, the FCC, and NASCAR, among others."

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Re:Tariq Ramadan

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extremist statements such as: Osama Bin Laden was not behind 9/11, 9/11 was an "intervention",

you, sir, are an example of why 'make something sound extreme and nobody will believe it' works as a modern propaganda technique.

WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE THAT OSAMA BIN LADEN WAS BEHIND 9/11? YOUR GOVERNMENT *IS* SUPPRESSING IT!

there is more evidence that 9/11 *was* a CIA operation, than there is evidence that a group called "Al Q'Aeda" was behind it.

slavish devotion to the 'common line' is extremism too, you know.

Re:"Free Expression" is expensive, but worth it

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When it comes to speaking your mind about almost anything, few countries or people have it as good as the people of the United States, even in this post-September 11 world.

horse shit. citizens of the united states are programmed to abhor free expression. insta-jerks abound, ready to refute the dialectic at a moments materialism. if you're not "talking normal", you're not being listened to ..