More freedom and democracy from the right

[tread_tramp]

 

*Monday, October 18, 2004*

*T-Shirt, or not T-Shirt?* So, it appears that a Bush campaign volunteer got a little too paranoid about some attendees

 

http://www.oregonlive.com/campaigncentral/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/ news/1097928233288440.xml> at the president's rally in Central Point on Thursday night.

The attendees in question, three women who obtained tickets to the event after claiming they were undecided voters, wore T-shirts that said, "Protect Our Civil Liberties".

The overzealous campaign volunteer stopped one of the women and pointed to her shirt, saying it was "obscene". The women were subsequently ejected from the rally by state police officers.

Hmmm... so the protection of civil liberties is obscene now?

The county Republican Chairman is quoted in this article as saying, "I wish (the women) would have just dressed in a way that was without

that kind of intent to incite any kind of incident."

[EWolfe]

This kind of thinking is becoming normal as we develop into a reactive culture, as determined by media, TV personalities and psychobabble politicians that treat each singular event as an assault upon our sensibilities.

 

Live actively, and avoid this.

[catbirdseat]

The Bush Administration knows it is treading on and trampling on civil liberties. Anyone who supports freedom of expression is regarded as being against the Administration.

[fenderfour]

if it was a democratic rally, the shirts would have been torn up.

[rbw1966]

No, if it was a democratic rally the shirts would have been drenched with water.