Garen Mouths Off
Yegparian: Money Ain’t Speech
Somebody’s gotta get this message through to the Supremes, ‘cause they seem poised to destroy much of the walls that prevent the moneyed class from taking everything over in the U.S. and immersing all but a tiny sliver of the population into destitution.
I’ve written about campaign finance issues more than once. Those who’ve followed this column know I support publicly financed campaigns with concurrent free air time so candidates can get their message out and voters can hear where candidates stand on the issues and vote accordingly. Money, in the context of elections, skews this. Whoever has the most can usually drown out others’ voices simply by buying more of a presence.
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Hey Garen,
Although I couldn’t disagree with you more on everything you’ve said above, I fully support your right to express your opinions. I’m deeply disturbed that you don’t support the rights of others to express their opinions.
I would caution you to be very careful for what you wish. If free speech of any kind is muzzled, someday your free speech will be muzzled.
I suggest you read , and reread at least once a month, Martin Niemöller’s famous poem, which in one of it’s varients goes as follows:
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When the Nazis came for the communists,
I did not speak out;
As I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I did not speak out;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
As I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews,
I did not speak out;
As I was not a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
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Any assault on any of our freedoms, is ultimately an assault on all of our freedoms. Never forget that!
And by the way, there’s nothing wrong with profiits. Without profits, you wouldn’t have a job and you certainly wouldn’t have the leisure to be writing letters to editors.