Re: Of Heller, the left, and civil liberties

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:42:56 -0700 (PDT), Stevie Nichts
<nix2nichts@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On Jun 28, 2:32 pm, 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.

Nah, that's just my disgust for strutting, posturing, bloviating and
totally ineffective gun ****s ****ning through.