Newt Gingrich Says Free Speech May Be Forfeit

At a dinner honoring those who stand up for freedom of speech, former House speaker Newt Gingrich issued his opinion that the idea of free speech in the U.S. needs to be re-examined in the interest of fighting terrorism. Gingrich said a "different set of rules" may be needed to reduce terrorists' ability to use the Internet and free speech to recruit and get out their message. The article has few details of what Gingrich actually said beyond the summary above, and no analysis pointing out how utterly clueless the suggestion is given the Internet's nature and trans-national reach.

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Screw you, Newt , you wind-baged scrotum-blight!

[fudgefactor7]

I ask you: what part of "Congress shall make no law..." didn't he get the memo on?

Re:Is it safe? Is it easy?

[Hogwash McFly]

Did you know that 100 percent of smokers die? Think about that any time you or someone you know lights up.

Re:So quick to criticize...

[jafac]

Too bad no one could figure out how to tie Mother Nature to terrorists.

Q.E.D.

The white-collar terrorists sitting in the boardroom of Exxon-Mobil, who make money while their product destroys our planet's ability to sustain life.
The white-collar terrorists who billed the public for a CAT-4 survivable levy system, and didn't deliver.
The white-collar terrorists who billed the public for a responsive disaster-relief organization and didn't deliver.
The white-collar terrorists who portrayed the event on television as "a bunch of dumb looters who didn't leave when they saw a storm coming".

Re:It's standard progression.

[Marxist Hacker 42]

The United States of America carried out one of the most successful genocides in the history of mankind. How many American Indians (Native Americans) do you know?

About 400- but most of them are family, distant relatives.

But that's nothing compared to the 1 Billion Catholics that the Sheik Abubukar Hassan Malin would like to kill for the Pope insulting the Prophet, for instance.