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:
It’s happening in Europe too. Muslim Brotherhood & HRC within our White House are working with OIC & UN to take our 1st amendment rights away. UN Resolution 1618. It will make it a crime to speak out against Islam or Muslim. We cannot give up our gun rights.
If we loose our right to arms ….. We are finished .
We obviously have the wrong people in Washington, letting this traitor take away and destroy our rights, our Constitution. Putting this guy in jail…communism – all the way!
No surprise these days!!!
Santilli said on his show that he wanted supporters of the Bundy clan to show up in Oregon.
“Santilli, prosecutors suggest, was not at the refuge as a journalist, but a conspirator. As evidence, they cite his YouTube videos, including one in which Bundy is heard telling Santilli off-camera to “let everybody know” that “we’re continuing the stand,” and others where Santilli appears to be calling people to join the occupiers. “I want one hundred thousand people out here, shoulder to shoulder, uh, unarmed,” he reportedly said in the video. Santilli denied that he was asking people to do anything violent or unlawful. The U.S. Marshals Service is also reportedly investigating Santilli for allegedly threatening a federal judge in Florida.”
Santilli said on his show that he wanted supporters of the Bundy clan to show up in Oregon.
“Santilli, prosecutors suggest, was not at the refuge as a journalist, but a conspirator. As evidence, they cite his YouTube videos, including one in which Bundy is heard telling Santilli off-camera to “let everybody know” that “we’re continuing the stand,” and others where Santilli appears to be calling people to join the occupiers. “I want one hundred thousand people out here, shoulder to shoulder, uh, unarmed,” he reportedly said in the video. Santilli denied that he was asking people to do anything violent or unlawful. The U.S. Marshals Service is also reportedly investigating Santilli for allegedly threatening a federal judge in Florida.”
When Santilli tells people he was there strictly as a “journalist covering the story”….he’s lying.
Truth and Action fails again.
Jail?
facebook will lose many many customers.
What for ? Real truths?
Bet he didn’t have a big number of people… You have to have a big crowd… Like the black life’s matter group !! Then you get enough protecting and lead way…like they do …blocking store..vandalising ..you can get e-way with enough just the insurance comes in to pay property damage !! Ahh Boo boo there you go !!