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It's important for folks to look at the big picture. I find that many of my "tech" friends are quite liberal in most things, that is until it comes to restrictions on the internet and "freedom of speech". I would urge us all to never forget to ask the "big picture" question of WHY? Why would the government want to have censorship over the internet? And when you look beyond this one issue is there a pattern forming of a government out of control (the "Why?" of one issue + the "Why?" of many other limitations the government seeks to place on the American people should lead one to look at this possibility).

These questions and the "possibilities" of the answer to "Why?" is the very reason our founders gave us the protections from government in the first place. They understood the temptations for those in government and the inevitable corruption that follows. That is why it is so important that people like Aaron are so important! People who have the courage to stand up against those forces that seek to take away our rights. ALL of the Constitution is important as well as the 1st Amendment, the 2nd Amendment, etc All our rights are valuable, precious and should be protected. We should be just as alarmed when they come for our guns, as we are about protecting our ability to express our right to free speech, and as we are about due process, and human rights violations the list goes on and on. When the government seeks to limit or revoke ANY of our Constitutional rights we should stand up and shout "NO!".

When they came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

The question is or each of us "Do I have what it takes to stand up and fight for our rights inspire of the potential costs to me and my family?".
Posted by BBaldwin803
Updated - 25th Jan