Dear Republicans Who Believe In Small Government Or That Government Should Get Off Our Backs Or That Government Shouldn't Be A Nanny, etc.:
According to the AJC, last Friday night a woman named Denise Grier was pulled over in Dekalb County and given a $100 ticket because a police officer deemed her anti-Bush Administration bumper sticker to be in violation of the law.
In violation how? He apparently deemed the bumper sticker "lewd" because it contained the pun "Bushit."
Because "Bushit" isn't actually a word, and because even if it was a word, it's still not obscene, I expect that all of you get-government-off-our-backs Republicans are simply furious at what seems to be a case of an American citizen being targeted by law enforcement for her political views.
And because you're so angry at this petty abuse of govenment power, I'm sure you're going to want to call Dekalb County Police Chief Louis Graham at 404-294-2606 and tell him that you're not going to tolerate big government interfering with the free political expression of American citizens. You might even throw in a zinger about how the cops should be fighting violent crimes instead pulling over people for their bumper stickers.
When you defend Ms. Grier's right to express her political views with bad puns, you'll be telling your fellow citizens that your allegiance to the Constitution trumps your allegiance to your political party.
Yours in Patriotic Brotherhood,
Andisheh "Loves the First and Second Amendments Equally" Nouraee
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13 comments:
You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding. Me.
That's Bushit.
I'm unfunny. But, this pisses me off.
Although I'm not a Republican, I figured it was still worth a reply. Had the bumper sticker simply said, "I Hate Bush" or something of the like, I would definitely think the fine was a violation of the lady's rights. However, I'm curious if the basis for the fine was because the made-up-word emphasized "shit". Now, I'm all for banning censorship of all kinds, but I can kind of see how lewd words of that sort should be banned from public view. The whole thing is bullshit, but if that's the police department's stance and there is actually a law that backs that up, I'll support it.
As you stated, there are more important things the cops could be doing with their (our) time however.
The author of "I Hate Black People, Fat People, the French, and People Who Raise Money For Cancer Research" suddenly finds the time to consider both sides of a story. It's touching.
Are the words molasses and morass "lewd" if I'm winking when I say them?
I always try to consider both sides of any story. Of course, that doesn't mean I have to like the people I disagree with or that I'm devoid of the same right Denise Grier has to express an opinion.
I wouldn't say those words could be considered lewd simply because they are legit words. Now, if you had a bumper sticker that printed the words molASSes or morASS then you may be able to successfully claim their lewdness. What do I know? I don't even consider 'shit' lewd. If all the 'obscenities' were part of common dialogue of all ages, genders, and races, the words cease to become obscene. This exact topic was the basis for one of my recent posts.
I don't think this bumper sticker would be any more offensive that the F the President stickers I continuously see on the cars of the local ELF members that shop with me at Whole Foods... and yet if those are OK, then why are so many liberals bitching about the "Evolution is just a theory" stickers on their kids' science textbooks? After all, they are just stickers...both placed by different but equally ignorant individuals.
Adam, I disagree. The 'F the President' stickers are a little less obvious with their lewdness. We all know the implication, but the word itself is still withheld from public view. It's like when the FCC censors words from radio or tv, it is acceptable to hear the "f" or "sh" sound but they cut the remainder of the word off. Since this sticker had the full word displayed, I can see a difference in the offensiveness.
On the other hand my issue with the 'Evolution is just a theory' sticker is that the money and time spent by our government to make that law and to enforce it could definitely be spent better elsewhere. The whole thing kind of begs the question... why didn't they enforce a law that states all Bibles, Korans or other holy works get stickers that say, 'name your religion is just mythology'?
Dealing with shit like this is simply a waste of our taxdollars.
For Seriously...
"Now, I'm all for banning censorship of all kinds, but I can kind of see how lewd words of that sort should be banned from public view."
Does that sentence even make sense to you?
For Seriously...
Uhm, yeah. I can see how people would not want words such as 'shit' in plain public view. Personally, I disagree with that point of view but that doesn't mean I can't still appreciate it.
How can you be for banning censorship of all kinds, yet want certain words banned? Do you exist in multiple dimensions at once? Are you a tesseract?
I've no clue what a 'tesseract' is and fearing it's a reference to some some Sci-Fi program that wasn't good enough to attract my attention, I'm not looking it up.
In response to your first question however, I will say that although I support an end to censorship, I can appreciate why others would want words considered obscene to be banned from public viewing. This is not my opinion. This is theirs. I can simply understand from which position their primitive minds are coming.
I can also see how the sentence you quoted could be mistaken for ME feeling this way but I do feel that my initial response addressed that it is not my position but theirs.
Hope that clears it up for ya. Now do you mind clearing up what a 'tesseract' is for me?
Heh...
Yes it actualy does clear things up.
I get where you're coming from. I was being a jackass, you however, seem entirely level headed. :)
This bit...
"and fearing it's a reference to some some Sci-Fi program that wasn't good enough to attract my attention"
Ooch!
Nice burn. It might as well be, it's that dorky... But be fair, Battlestar Galactica is tiiiiight.
Dave's ability to contradict himself in print is surpassed only by his ability to not realize that he's doing it.
Apparently so, where did the contradiction occur?
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