Re: Of Heller, the left, and civil liberties

On Jun 30, 8:17=A0pm, 4114 Dead <ze...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:42:56 -0700 (PDT), Stevie Nichts
> <nix2nic...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >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:
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> >> >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=
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> >> >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.
> >> >---
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> >> >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.

Go on, do go on. No, really; you're doing wonders for how
your ideology is perceived.