Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass.

Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Free speech and the right to deceive the public

IVN (Independent Voter Network) published a Dissident Politics (DP) article describing a fight between liberal and conservative visions of free speech in the context of abortion and anti-abortion crisis pregnancy counseling centers in California.

The article is here: http://ivn.us/2015/09/01/californias-reproductive-fact-act-attack-free-speech-defense/.

The DP article cites quotes by California Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins from the July 2015 issue of Toni Times, a monthly newsletter published by the office of Speaker Atkins. Page 15 (shown below) quotes Ms. Atkins' comments about AB 775, the Reproductive Fact Act. As of the date of this post, AB 775 is a bill pending in the California state legislature.







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