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Do you listen to rap music? I'd say that's pretty fuckin free, wouldn't you? The government hasn't killed Paris, or Talib Kweli, or Eminem, or Jay-Z, or Nas, or Marilyn Manson, or Michael Moore....the list can keep going if you'd like.
No they haven't, but they did force radio stations to stop playing Rage Against the Machine music after September 11. They also forced television stations to stop playing the episode of the Simpsons where Homer goes to New York/WTC. If that isn't infringing on our freedom of speech/choice, then what is?
G.U.N. - XIV TILL ETERNITY cd was pulled off of shelves. Sir Dyno, as well as members of Nuestra Familia were prosecuted in court. Sir Dyno was being charged with TERRORISM for rapping on the cd. They had no evidence against him except the cd, and a drug dealing charge that he already did his time for. He was prosecuted for terrorism with words as the only proof. Gang Stories was also pulled off shelves.
And what have those artists you listed said, really? I never heard anything near what I say come out of their mouth. Give me an example of their words. I'll bet you they have to clean it up so they don't get banned.
We don't have freedom of speech huh? You've just been proven wrong in 7 ways, and I have more if you'd like me to keep at it. Am I dead or in prison? I've spoken out against numerous policies and injustices but I'm still here, still free. People oppose the government on a daily basis, on TV, in magazines and newspapers, during speeches, etc.
Yes, but that opposition is only to a certain extent. My views are more "radical" than any you have expressed and I would be imprisoned or murdered for expressing them publicly...
The FBI isn't secretive like the CIA is, you can't compare the two. The CIA works abroad, doing some top secret spy shit...the FBI is our Federal Police Force, basically, and they go after people, apparently, for good reasons.
The CIA is involved in terrorism world-wide; I have to agree with you on that one. BUT, every group is part of the government; don't give a fuck what part they are, there is only one AmeriKKKan government. As for the FBI, they murdered over 1,000 members of the American Indian Movement and unjustly imprisoned Leonard Peltier, who committed no crimes against society. He is still imprisoned for speaking his mind. That proof enough for you?
Freedom of choice doesn't exist? What about the right to abort a pregnancy? Better yet, what about a woman's right to have a baby, and drop it off at a hospital within 72 hours of its birth?? That's not freedom of choice? What about your right to pick a profession? Your right to choose your own religion and/or belief structure? The privelage to vote on policies and head of state/government officials? What about when Californians ousted Gray Davis from office? But you say we can't choose? We have no freedom? We have all the freedom of choice we could ask for. When you make bad choices, THAT is when the government steps in. I don't know about you, but I've been making my own decisions for my entire existence on this planet, and choosing my own route. I'm STILL HERE!!
Women have the right up until 6 months to abort. You have a right to pick your profession, assuming that the "man" will even hire you. You have the right to your religion; but not the right to religious ceremonies. If, for example, one of the ceremonies involved burning something, I would be cited for it and not allowed to do it again, because it is against the government's environmental laws...If my religion involved human, or even animal sacrifice, as many Germanic tribesman practiced in the early days of their civilization, I would not be allowed to do that either. The government is supposed to keep Church and State separate, but the president is sworn in on the Bible. The Pledge of Allegiance states, "One nation, under God." That's some bullshit.
When we make bad choices they step in? Who is to determine what choice is good and what choice is bad? Anything that gets in the way of their plans for greed and complete control over the oppressed populations is "bad."
The man who wrote the book exposing the truth of the Oklahoma City bombings was forced to burn every copy of his book. Is that not violating his freedom? Many other books opposing the government have been banned.
Let me continue my list. Tupac Shakur, Afeni Shakur, Geronimo Pratt, Mutulu Shakur, Malcolm X, the various Militias throughout the United States...none of these people were silenced by the government.
Tupac was not that anti-American...and HE WAS MURDERED...IDIOT!!! Can you prove the government didn't do it? Didn't think so...
Malcolm X was ALSO MURDERED...hmmmm. It is said that he was killed by his own, but where is the proof? If you were the government and you killed a man, would you come out and say it? Didn't think so...
What about Huey Newton? The leader of the Black Panthers. Where is he today? How about the Brown Berets. During a peaceful rally, several of them were murdered by the government. The list goes on...
And, to top off my argument, YOU & 2-0 SIXX, and everybody else on this very message board who speaks out against our government...YOU ARE ALL STILL HERE. If that isn't freedom of speech, then WHAT THE FUCK IS??
We are still here because they are not worried about a few words on the internet. If we were able to incite an uprising, we would end up with the rest of them. I am writing a book on American Terrorism...when it is finished, then we will see whether or not the government silences those who oppose its fascist regime.