Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for March 14, 2013
March 08, 2013
March 15, 2013
Transcript:
Enjoy this Classic Tom the Dancing Bug Every Thursday Panels from the annals of the Tom the Dancing Bug archive Check back every Friday for a fresh, brand new Tom the Dancing Bug! Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling The Noble History of the Free Speech Zone Third In A Series of Instructional Comics On Our Bill of Rights Philadelphia 1789 Man #1: ...and among the freedoms I list in this "BILL OF RIGHTS" is the right to FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Man #1: Hear, hear! But surely one cannot speak FREELY wherever one WANTS! Man #1: Gracious, NO! CONTROVERSIAL speech must be confined to small, fenced-in areas, ringed by barbed wire in unpopulated locations. Man #2: Of course! Man #3: Obviously! Man: I move that we include that restriction in the text of the First Amendment! Man #1: NO NEED. Our descendants will certainly know that it is IMPLIED in the text. Man #2: I disagree! Man #1: And it is your American right, nay DUTY, to express such dissent! Gentlemen! Man #2: Hey! Man: Uh...as I was saying...limitations on the right to free speech should be... AND SO... The free speech zone has become a cherished cornerstone in the American tradition of protest for change. Martin Luther King Jr.: I have a dream! The End NEXT Wonderful new FREE RELIGION ZONES are created, where non-Christian Americans can worship, live and work! Please report to designated train stations for free transportation.
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What I always get a kick out of – a person who’s complaining about something someone else is saying and starting off with “I’m all for freedom of speech, BUT…”.What’s meant, of course, is “since I disagree vehemently with what you’re saying, you shouldn’t be allowed to say it.”