Pete Santilli is a new media journalist who broadcasts on YouTube and streaming internet radio. He is brash, controversial, rude, and he is completely within his rights to be so. He has a radio show titled “Telling the Truth… Whether You Like It or Not.” He goes against the grain of some, and the efforts by various groups to define certain types of speech as illegal is exactly what he is fighting against. Hate speech, bullying speech, intolerant speech, incendiary speech, anti-government speech, right-wing speech and more are all protected by our 1st amendment, yet they being challenged as being illegal. And in many cases the government is supporting that view and carving out areas where free speech will not be accepted. Of course limiting free speech to special “acceptable” areas is no free speech at all. But if these limitations are not challenged, the right of free speech could very well disappear.
Santilli exercised his right of free speech recently, and he is sitting in jail now for his efforts. He will no doubt be released as soon as a lawyer is found who will fight for Santilli’s basic right to express himself, but the damage will be done. The government will have made its point that they will limit your speech if they choose, and you will have to be willing to pay a price in order to exercise your rights. If they do this enough, people will no doubt give up because the government has unlimited resources and power to bully the public into silence, but individuals do not usually have the resources to fight back.
See what got Santilli thrown in jail on page 2:
They wan’t free speech gone,they wan’t your weapons, fact is that they wan’t you to be nothing more than an obedient slave to their will. They wan’t the entire Bill of Rights destroyed and the constitution, that is one of a kind, torn up and burned. If you think I am a liar, look at our system, look at the setup, look at how your liberties are slowly being stripped from you and tell then tell me none of it is true.
I DESPISE right-wing radio hosts. These assholes have done more to destroy my country than anyone else. That said. They have every right to say what they say, and the government has to suck it up. “I may not agree with what you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it.” ’nuff said.
SO WRONG ,SO WRONG.
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various groups to define certain types of speech as illegal is exactly what he is fighting against. Hate speech, bullying speech, intolerant speech, incendiary speech, anti-government speech, right-wing speech
So you are free to say nice things. LOL well thanks for the freedom . LOL
Many of these reporters spread misinformation like it’s the real news even though it’s innuendo. I firmly believe in truth in reporting. These types of reporters take advantage of people who won’t bother to check for the truth. Most of them are paid by right wing groups or individuals. More than likely he was jailed because he forgot to include a legal comment indicating it’s for entertainment. Kind of like the emails that have a statement at the bottom referring to it being for an intended person and if you’re no that person to delete. Just the same the innuendo does it’s damage as it was designed.
Pete santili stole money from The truckers for america and The Vinny Eastwood show…He should be in jail and get kicked in his nut case…lol where did you get the nice motor home and 50 grand worth of equipment from…hmmmm