I'm sorry, but I'm a almost physically ill over this.  So, you know what?  I'm emailing Senator Schumer again, but with only a quote from Voltaire that summarizes exactly how I feel about free speech (I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will die for your right to say it) and a brief statement of how sad I am that he can't even spare ( Read more... )

I just found out about this on the NaNoWriMo Teen forum's LGBTQ+ thread, and had to post it here:

I just added my voice to this urgent appeal, standing for human rights in Russia and all over the world. Medvedev and Putin's party is pushing a law to vote this week that would make any mention of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues illegal.

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Okay, so, like any consciencious constituent offended by the presence of a bill, I sent an email to one of my Senators about SOPA and PIPA.  I figured that that would be all, since I'm one seventeen-year-old with one voice, and he's, y'know, a Senator.

I got a response.

I seriously got a response.  And he was very, very logical and very, very good at ( Read more... )

God damnit, does it ever stop?

I honestly can't say that I'm too familiar with all the "Occupy ______ " movements going on around the world, but someone needs to start one for the Internet.  If you read my last post you'd see about the SOPA bill, and I swear...

I'm a bit of a free-speech nutcase.  For me, it's the greatest right a constituent of any ( Read more... )

Originally posted by write_light at BAD Internet Laws Heading Your Way

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