{"id":6107,"date":"2014-06-18T09:09:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T16:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=6107"},"modified":"2014-06-18T09:09:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T16:09:48","slug":"the-left-and-the-1st-amendment-ruse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/06\/18\/the-left-and-the-1st-amendment-ruse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Left and the 1st Amendment Ruse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When Eich was pushed out from <a title=\"Mozilla Celebrates Freedom From Persecution by Purging Thought Criminal\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/04\/03\/mozilla-celebrates-freedom-from-persecution-by-purging-thought-criminal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mozilla<\/a>, Sterling <a title=\"Private Thoughts, Public Punishment\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/05\/02\/private-thoughts-public-punishment\/\" target=\"_blank\">purged<\/a> from basketball, the <a title=\"The Intoleration of Tolerance\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/05\/12\/the-intoleration-of-tolerance\/\" target=\"_blank\">Benham Bros<\/a>. fired from HGTV, or Josh Olin <a title=\"If You Aren\u2019t Sufficiently WITH The Mob, You are Their Enemy\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/05\/02\/if-you-arent-sufficiently-with-the-mob-you-are-their-enemy\/\" target=\"_blank\">fired<\/a> from Turtle Rock studios due to outrage over what they said or supported, the Left conveniently re-discovered the right to freedom of association and declared that the 1<sup>st<\/sup> Amendment only protects you from the <em>government<\/em>, and not private consequence, going so far as to declare that an employee represented their company 24\/7.\u00a0 Funny then, that this freedom to not associate with persons who express beliefs that a company disagrees with is not extended to bakers, florists, and photographers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The proffered declaration that &#8220;freedom of speech&#8221; and the 1<sup>st<\/sup> Amendment only protects one from <em>government<\/em> interference is yet another disingenuous lie, as evidenced by a <em>government<\/em> union demanding that <em>government<\/em> employees <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/2014\/06\/11\/duck-dynasty-controversy-rocks-air-force-base\/\" target=\"_blank\">be fired<\/a> for putting decals on their trucks that support <em>Duck Dynasty<\/em>&#8216;s <a title=\"Duck Dynasty and the Intolerance of the Left\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2013\/12\/22\/duck-dynasty-and-the-intolerance-of-the-left\/\" target=\"_blank\">Phil Robertson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6108\" title=\"duck-dynasty-sticker\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/duck-dynasty-sticker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"438\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/duck-dynasty-sticker.jpg 876w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/duck-dynasty-sticker-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One of the major complaints?\u00a0 &#8220;Hostile work environment.&#8221;\u00a0 Supporting the right of a private citizen to express their beliefs is &#8220;hostile,&#8221; yet <a title=\"When Affirmation is Mandatory, And Silence is Oppression\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2013\/06\/03\/when-affirmation-is-mandatory-and-silence-is-oppression\/\" target=\"_blank\">mandating affirmation<\/a> of homosexuality somehow isn&#8217;t, is the hypocritical double standard that has become expected from the Left.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Claiming that &#8220;free speech&#8221; being nothing more than a legal protection against government is just a ruse to silence libertarians and conservatives against the outright bullying of the Left.\u00a0 That they turn around and dismiss that any such legal protection against government even exists just goes to prove\u2026 that we&#8217;ve always been at war with Eastasia\u2026<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Left and the 1st Amendment Ruse\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Claiming that 'free speech' being nothing more than a legal protection against government is just a ruse to silence libertarians and conservatives against the outright bullying of the Left. \"><meta name=\"twitter:image:src\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/duck-dynasty-sticker.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When Eich was pushed out from Mozilla, Sterling purged from basketball, the Benham Bros. fired from HGTV, or Josh Olin fired from Turtle Rock studios due to outrage over what they said or supported, the Left conveniently re-discovered the right &hellip; 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