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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[Anonymous Coward]

FP

Help?

[lupine_stalker]

I can't find a way to mod Newt Gingrich down as "Troll", "Flamebait", or "Redundant". Can someone help me?

Who to clamp down first

[Anonymous Coward]

Rush Limbaugh

That's so dumb

[gowen]

Gingrich should be legally prevented from saying such dumb things.

Re:Help?

[93,000]

RTFM, n00b.

I've been modding him down since 1995.

Re:Their America?

[ivan256]

Clearly his opinions are unchecked.

Oh, wait...

Re:Have you forgotten 9/11 already?

[DavidTC]

That's right, we must win the fight to end our way of life! If they get there before we do, we're screwed!

Re:Help?

[Anonymous Coward]

I can think of a twenty cent solution to your problem, but it is generally frowned upon

I think I see where you're going. But where am I going to get a time machine to go back and give his father a cheap condom?

Re:Is it safe? Is it easy?

[Anonymous Coward]

and were did that get the founding fathers eh? They're all dead. Dead I tell you. If you carry on like that, you'll someday be dead too!

Re:Their America?

[Anonymous Coward]

Not yet. He will be the next president.

Re:That's so dumb

[Anonymous Coward]

humor without u is "hmor". What's that supposed to mean?

Re:Irony of venue

[whitehatlurker]

Parent post says: I will defend to the death the right of yadda yadda.

Why is it that so many people that say this are still alive? Is it someone else's death they're talking about?

Re:YOU don't get it.

[chudnall]

...though, I believe if they thought they could get away with it, most Evangelical Christians wouldn't mind killing homosexuals and those that disagree with them.

"Operation Rescue"-types have already crossed THAT line. Eric Rudolph anyone?

and then ...

Stop the fearmongering.

Lol. How does this sort of tripe get modded insightful?

Re:doesnt get it...

[djp928]

It's easy to tell the difference. If you win, it was a revolution. If you lose, it was treason.

-- Dave