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Violence as speech

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

A disturbing trend has taken root in the United States and much of the Western world. And it is the redefinition of speech by certain individuals perceived to b...

Crime/Due process/Feminism/Free speech and press/Religion/Second Amendment/Supreme Court

Limiting the exercise of rights, and the risks of freedom

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitu...

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Wil Wheaton and free speech

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I think it safe to say that many do not understand the right of free speech. Let’s add Wil Wheaton to that list: I just watched this idiot reporter on KCA...

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Wal-Mart is not censoring Ronda Rousey

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

MMA champion Ronda Rousey apparently fancies herself an author enough to have written a book called “My Fight/Your Fight“. And apparently Wal-Mart i...

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Misconstruing free speech, revisited – Andrew Shirvell

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Andrew Shirvell was an assistant attorney general in the state of Michigan. He helped the execution of a campaign against an openly-gay student at the Universit...

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Employers and electioneering

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I came across a Huffington Post/YouGov poll today that asked a simple question: “Should it be legal or illegal for companies to ask employees to vote for ...

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Misconstruing free speech, revisited

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Back at the end of December ahead of the Christmas holiday, the country was polarized around the suspension of Phil Robertson from Duck Dynasty. I don’t c...

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Protesting in a Courthouse

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Hands up if you believe you have your free speech rights in a Courthouse. Those of you who rose your hands, you’re not correct. Courthouses have routinely...

Free speech and press

Misconstruing free speech

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Ah, another article about the recent “Duck Dynasty” fallout. How nice, right? Oh and it’s by an atheist, so this is gonna be good, too. Let me...

Free speech and press/Religion

Rebranding prayer

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I am a huge advocate of free speech. However I also hold the belief, like many others, that free speech does not mean you have an unrestricted license to say wh...

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