On CNN, now, Rep. Robert Brady proposing restrictions on SYMBOLS & Speech

[hlthe2b]

He will propose legislation to extend the current prohibitions against threats (including threatening language AND SYMBOLS) that currently exists for the President to members of Congress.

It will be interesting to see what support he gets from worried REPUBLICANS.... He damned well ought to get plenty. :shrug:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Robert Brady is a Democrat.

REP before his name stands for Representative, not Republican.

[hlthe2b]

3. Sorry, i will correct, but I was listening, not watching & heard

him introduced as a Republican.

[devilgrrl]

20. That may well be - it doesn't mean that we have to agree with him.

:crazy:

[JI7]

2. they will call michael moore movies a hate crime against them

it's THEIR side that is fucked up.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Guys... Brady is a Democrat.

Does that change your opinion at all?

[JI7]

9. yeah, it changes my opinion

since i think the Dem actually cares about physical harm against members. while the intent of republicans who propose things like this is never as it is .

[hlthe2b]

10. I corrected... including the conclusion I drew... what more

would you like? a pound of flesh? I was listening to CNN on XM. The interviewer incorrectly introduced him as a Republican. I corrected as quickly as I saw your correction. What the hell more can I do, VO? What? Do you NEVER make errors, especially when the media does so as your source?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Hey, relax; I wasn't being snarky. Just noting the correct affiliation

and wondering whether it made a difference.

[Electric Monk]

5. This thread is full of fail

Better luck next time.

[hlthe2b]

7. I corrected. You really need not be so nasty.

Your rudeness is really inappropriate. I corrected the error which was based on how the CNN person introduced him. I was listening, not watching.

[lonestarnot]

6. NOT A RETHUG! GET IT STRAIGHT!

[hlthe2b]

8. Could you kindly drop the snark. I corrected based on the error CNN

themselves verbally committed when they introduced him. I corrected the post. You really don't need to get nasty with a fellow DUer who has never been anything but polite to you.

[lonestarnot]

13. Ok sorry.

:pals:

[hlthe2b]

14. thank you.

;)

[lonestarnot]

17. No, thank YOU!

:hug: :D

[jillan]

11. EXCELLENT!! I heard it too. This is exactly what needs to be brought to the floor in light of what

happened.

[PearliePoo2]

15. Geeeshh...sorry you took so much crap on your post! WTF?

I, for one, find this GREAT news and am recommeding your post!

[lonestarnot]

19. The member's party was inadvertently confused. Dats what happens when a good dem gets confused with

a dumbass CON. Gets rowdy.

[PearliePoo2]

16. and I love how Sarah "freaking" MooseKiller was specifically mentioned!

Yahooo!!
May this be her fucking Waterloo!!!
:toast:

[lonestarnot]

18. By name or habits? I didn't hear a name.

[PearliePoo2]

22. By her own freaking name!

Loved it!

[lonestarnot]

23. Yeah!

:applause: Wish I had heard that! :bounce: whooooooooooooooodamnwhooooooooooo!

[Erose999]

21. Would the GOOP clogging up the House let anything pass that will stop the hate talkers?

I seriously doubt they will...

[lonestarnot]

24. Hey, just that it is out there works to a degree. So "seriously doubt" whatever the hell you want

to "seriously doubt."

[MrSlayer]

25. Brady is my rep.

He's not super outspoken but he's one of the good ones. He votes the right way nearly 100% of the time.

[PCIntern]

26. Iggles not doing so well so far.

[MrSlayer]

28. Nope.

They look sick.

[hlthe2b]

27. Here are some details and a link...

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/136895-dem-planning-bill-that-would-outlaw-threatening-lawmakers

Rep. Robert Brady (D-Pa.) reportedly plans to introduce legislation that would make it a federal crime to use language or symbols that could be perceived as threatening or inciting violence against a federal official or member of Congress.

Brady told CNN that he wants federal lawmakers and officials to have the same protections against threat currently provided to the president. His call comes one day after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was shot, along with 19 other people, at a public event in Tucson. A suspect is currently in custody.
--snip--

Brady singled out the map as the type of rhetoric he opposed.

"You can't put bull's-eyes or crosshairs on a United States congressman or a federal official," he said.

However, a Palin spokeswoman denied Sunday that the image was intended to depict gun sights. Palin offered condolences to the Giffords family and other victims of the shooting on her Facebook page Saturday.

"The rhetoric is just ramped up so negatively, so high, that we have got to shut this down," Brady said.

"The president is a federal official," Brady told CNN in a telephone interview. "You can't do it to him; you should not be able to do it to a congressman, senator or federal judge."

[Ilsa]

29. Thank you for the details. I like this a lot. nt

[woo me with science]

30. There are already prohibitions against threats.

We should avoid knee-jerk attempts to restrict ANY political speech that is not clearly and obviously a threat. If that were the case, how many people would have gone to jail for burning Bush in effigy?

We can publicly condemn offensive political rhetoric without giving authoritarians the ability to interpret and punish symbolic speech.