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The first Executivee Order of the nFor purposes of helping accomplish a worthy stated "admin goal” of “Close GITMO” seven planet Volunteers began a "ten year twitter experiment" in 2009 (and concluded it in 2019).
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The primary reason for volunteering to try to help “Close Gitmo” was/is a fundamental belief that people should be able to speak freely.
In other words people should not be locked up for saying something controversial, offensive or threatening (e.g., “The United States should be wiped off the Map”) even if the statements are made in Arabic or some other language.
In other words people should not be locked up for saying something controversial, offensive or threatening (e.g., “The United States should be wiped off the Map”) even if the statements are made in Arabic or some other language.
This fundamental idea that people should be able to speak freely predates the First Amendment to the US Constitution and subsequent restrictions limiting free speech.
It goes to the basic notion of “Sticks and Stones may break my bones but Words will Never Hurt Me.”
Although words - whether spoken, written or tweeted — can be highly offensive controversial or even scare people they never will cause anyone actual physical harm.
It goes to the basic notion of “Sticks and Stones may break my bones but Words will Never Hurt Me.”
Although words - whether spoken, written or tweeted — can be highly offensive controversial or even scare people they never will cause anyone actual physical harm.
Some examples may be helpful to consider.
Spoken words whether verbalized in anger, frustration or jest are never going to cause anyone harm.
Spoken words whether verbalized in anger, frustration or jest are never going to cause anyone harm.
- Profanity (over the phone) - calling someone bad words on the phone is not polite, politically correct or nice. It also is not ever going to cause physical harm.
- “Kick Your Ass” (in person) - Jokingly yelling at a retired New York Police Officer from 30 feet away who is always carrying a loaded gun looking for conflict that “if you are carrying your gun I ought to kick your ass” may scare the police officer but the words are not going to hurt him.
Written Words whether in a book (like Huckleberry Finn) or a website (referencing Huckleberry Finn) which include politically incorrect words like “niglet” and its derivatives may be highly offensive to some —- especially those who have never read or simply don’t understand the story of two friends (one black and one white) floating down a river together. The words however are never going to hurt anyone.
Tweets - whether produced by a human, an ape or a computer may be offensive to anyone reading the tweets who has not exercised their right to “block” the offensive content by pressing the “block” button but the tweets are never going to harm anyone.
Partly because words can’t hurt anyone and partly because words are the foundation for debate and partly because the way humanity (all seven billion of us) share ideas for a better and more peaceful planet is through words - free speech is mission critical.
When a free society begins to prohibit or regulate free speech (by locking people up in GITMO for saying offensive things, placing people on probation for using profanity or handcuffing them for interrogation regarding tweets) that is the effective end of that free society.
For everyone in America (whether native born on the Continent or arrived from somewhere else) desiring to live in a free society free speech is fundamental. Without free speech there is no longer a free society.
GITMO in many ways is a “litmus test” for America. To the extent people are free to say things —- like profanity and controversial statements —- the Country is a free country. If people are not free to say whatever they want they essentially are in a rigid military state. For these reasons and more parties believing strongly in the importance a free speech volunteered to help Barack (The Constitutional Law Professor) accomplish the worthy goal of Closing GITMO.
When a free society begins to prohibit or regulate free speech (by locking people up in GITMO for saying offensive things, placing people on probation for using profanity or handcuffing them for interrogation regarding tweets) that is the effective end of that free society.
For everyone in America (whether native born on the Continent or arrived from somewhere else) desiring to live in a free society free speech is fundamental. Without free speech there is no longer a free society.
GITMO in many ways is a “litmus test” for America. To the extent people are free to say things —- like profanity and controversial statements —- the Country is a free country. If people are not free to say whatever they want they essentially are in a rigid military state. For these reasons and more parties believing strongly in the importance a free speech volunteered to help Barack (The Constitutional Law Professor) accomplish the worthy goal of Closing GITMO.
After ten years of “pushing the limits” of free speech the clamps were pressed down essentially confirming that America (Unconstitutional and broke) was/is no longer a free society.
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