Re: Of Heller, the left, and civil liberties

On Jun 28, 2:32=A0pm, 4105 Dead <zepp22114...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:23:23 -0700 (PDT), Stevie Nichts
> <nix2nic...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> >One of the more interesting aspects of Heller is what it
> >reveals about the canard that only liberals care about
> >civil liberties and individual rights:
> >---
>
>http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_06_22-2008_06_28.shtml#121458...
>
> >The Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller,
> >upholding the Second Amendment right of individuals to own
> >firearms, should finally lay to rest the widespread myth that the
> >defining difference between liberal and conservative justices is
> >that the former sup****t "individual rights" and "civil liberties,"
> >while the latter routinely defer to government assertions of
> >authority. The Heller dissent presents the remarkable spectacle
> >of four liberal Supreme Court justices tying themselves into an
> >intellectual knot to narrow the protections the Bill of Rights
> >provides. Or perhaps it's not as remarkable as we've been led
> >to think.
> >---
>
> >These newsgroups abound with recent posts by certain
> >liberals who favor certain restrictions of civil liberties -- for
> >American citizens, anyway.
>
> How's your love affair with aboli****ng the fourth amendment coming
> along, Stevie?

And, of course, that's all you lot have: finding yourself
unable to dispute the facts, you resort to the usual
ineffective tactic of waving your hands.