An Inconvenient Amendment: Democrat calls free speech terrorism
California Speaker of the Assembly, Karen Bass (D), said this about conservative talk radio:
I don’t know why we allow that kind of terrorism to exist. I guess it’s about free speech, but it’s extremely unfair. (hotair.com)
The fact that a public official is stupid enough, or politically bulletproof enough, to say something like this is attrocious. This woman was voted into office, and she considers vocal dissent to be equal to terrorism.
I am amazed at the number of liberals who will condemn free speech on a whim when it gets in the way of their agenda. Its as if she thinks conservatives just go around throwing roadblocks in her way and the way of Republicans that would kowtow to her agenda. Ms. Bass, if your legislation made sense, conservatism “terrorism” would fall on deaf ears, but rather than try to win in the arena of ideas, you’d prefer just label dissent as terrorism so that you don’t have to debate it. You think free speech is only for people who agree with you. That is horrifying.
This totalitarianist approach is vicious and unacceptable, and the State of California, if it has a shred of common sense left in its electorate, will remove this woman from office as fast as legally possible. Referring to free speech as terrorism while in public office with no electoral repercussions is dangerous. Politicians must learn that if they even think of infringing on Constitutional rights there will be political consequences.