Admittedly Rev. Sharpton is more acerbic and less cerebral than Dr. M.L.King in pushing for civil rights but will his legacy have a more dramatic and enduring impact on our society?
One thing seems evident is we will become more "politically correct" and have free speech curtailed.
The most strenuous argument I remember from 8th Grade Civics was Freedom of Speech, our First Amendment, basically you can voice a view (remember our flag can be burned with impunity,Catholics can be ridiculed ad Nauseum...just watch late night MNN and the performance of "nuns" supposedly cooking a meal, Re. Jackson can call NYC "Himey Town") but you CANNOT yell "Fire" in a crowded theatre.
Why silence a person rather than have a full venting of their opinions and subject it to scrutiny exposing it to a full range of views?
Rev. Sharpton may have been more successful in changing our Constitution than the 2/3's of state's required to enact an amendment.
2007-04-14
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