>>>This is a story about “Patriotic American’s” and how to punish those that are not.
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>>>The city council of Berkeley, California voted to tell the United States Marines they were “not welcome in town”. So, six Republican senators are introducing a bill to punish the University of California, and a local foundation that provides lunches to the Berkeley Unified School District.
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>>>http://cbs5.com/politics/Berkeley.Marines.Congress.2.648032.html
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>>>Now that will show them what is what! Semper Fidelis baby.
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>>I don't agree with the counter action, but do you think it was right for the town to ban the Marines?
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>I think the city's action is a @#$%%^^& disgrace.
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>It's actions like this that make me wonder why I still think of myself as a liberal.
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>I've never been in favor of "reduced to absurdity" type arguements (if we allow government health insurance we'll be communist in 10 years). OTOH, "If I don't speak up when they go after X, who will speak up when they come after me?" We've taken away the free speech rights of the KKK, Nazi's, etc. (probably justifiably so although I have a queasy feeling whenever anybody's rights are removed). Now they've taken away another organization's free speech rights. Who's next???????????
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>Apparantly freedom of speech is only availble to those they agree with.

They've taken away freedom of speech from all of us in the political realm.