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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-11 09:52 AM
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Sarah Quitter, we have limits on "offensive speech", even when it doesn't incite
violence. We censor our public airwaves and public speech terms that some people find offensive, like "Fuck you," even though such a term doesn't incite violence. I suppose that if a Congressman is offended by being placed in her crosshairs while she exhorts her army to Reload, then she shouldn't mind being called a Sack of Fresh Bullshit out in public.

So much for her criticism of a Congressman for wanting the same protections against threats that the president enjoys.

Has Sarah Quitter had to hire security for herself or her family recently? Has anyone threatened her to the extent that She is afraid to leave her home like one GOP candidate said he wanted for his Democratic opponent? Would that level of offensiveness be enough? I guess implied threats in Palin's world are okay.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-11 09:55 AM
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1. K&R. She doesn't have the common sense to know that her statement of this morning was way off base
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-11 09:55 AM
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2. "there ought to be limits to freedom" --George W. Bush, 1999
nt
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-11 10:16 AM
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3. Exactly. Who's right on this, Sarah Q?
I know my post is simplistic and even juvenile by some standards, but for some people, that might be the only way to get through some dense skulls.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-12-11 10:18 AM
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4. "Constitution is just a GD piece of paper." GW Fuckwad
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