
Originally Posted by
Teufelhund
These petitions keep going around, and I can't figure out why people think they have any damn effect. Has anyone heard a peep about the petition for Texas to secede that had over 120,000 "signatures" on it? The White House does not give two shits about how many people took three seconds out of their day to "sign" their name under whatever unintelligible, rambling diatribe the latest illiterate douchenozzle posted. In a way, I'm glad they don't. Have you looked at how many people have put their name on the petition to deport people who signed a petition to allow their State to secede? How about the one requesting the First Amendment include a restriction on criticizing prophets of various religions? The .gov is already horribly inefficient at everything they touch; I cannot imagine how little would get done if they actually took time to respond to any of this bullshit. Call your congressman if you have a gripe; that's what they are for, to represent us.
Regardless, one my buddies posted a link on FB to the one classifying WBC as a hate group. As I served with this particular Marine and hold him in the highest respect, I felt compelled to remind him the First Amendment does not apply only to those with whom you agree. I don't know where this "hate group" and "hate speech" thing came from, but that kind of Liberal bullshit is really starting to grind my gears. No one has the right to not be offended. No one gets to restrict what I can say based on whether or not their little feelings are going to get hurt. /rant