Still no definitive answer on Freedom of Speech law...

[seawasp]

I posted previously on the McCain-Feingold law, which some sources around the net have been painting as the greatest threat to our personal freedoms since, well, at least 9/11's aftermath (PATRIOT, etc.). If the allegations are true, it is.

However, so far I haven't been able to get any definitive proof that it DOES say what some people are alleging. Yes, it limits things like campaign contributions, and in a sense that does abridge our freedom to act in some cases, but it's not really much different in that area than many other laws already in existence.

I'm still looking for someone who can point me to the specific paragraphs in this law which are so dangerous.

Comments

[mazarinade.livejournal.com]

An attitude that leads me the proposition that absent a second revolution, the US is screwed whatever laws you pass?

[murstein.livejournal.com]

That's my understanding. The American Republic is either comatose or dead, and a majority of my fellow citizens pass off such claims as alarmist nonsense. Meanwhile, I'm doing what I can see to try awakening the comatose patient -- all the while fearing it's a Terri Schiavo-like corpse I'm working on.