When the First Amendment Dies
When the freedom of speech and of the press die, it will happen by a thousand small cuts. Last Friday night, in the sleepy 1,900-person town of Marion, Kansas, all…
When the freedom of speech and of the press die, it will happen by a thousand small cuts.
Last Friday night, in the sleepy 1,900-person town of Marion, Kansas, all five police officers in the town were summoned to work because of an urgent need. They were ordered by their chief to execute a search warrant immediately, which they did.
The cops broke into a small company and seized all computers, servers and personal devices of all employees. When the police learned that the owner of the company was at home, they went there and broke into his. . .
When the freedom of speech and of the press die, it will happen by a thousand small cuts. Last Friday night, in the sleepy 1,900-person town of Marion, Kansas, all…
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