SOPA
and PIPA are to the First Amendment what the NDAA military detention
and trial provisions are to the Fourth, Fifth, And Sixth Amendments -
allowing for the "black bagging" and "disappearing" of websites on a
mere accusation alone. If such laws are enacted, the following may as
well be posted by the government when they shut sites down:
"NOTICE:
THIS SITE HAS BEEN DECLARED AN UNLAWFUL BELLIGERENT SITE BY THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT OR ONE OF ITS CORPORATE PARTNERS. THIS SITE HAS BEEN BLACK
BAGGED AND DISAPPEARED IN THE NAME OF NATIONAL SECURITY, AND IS NOW
INTERNED IN GITMO.
Your
attempting to access and associate with this site has been noted, your
IP address has been recorded, and you too are now being evaluated as a
possible candidate for unlawful belligerent designation. Have a nice
day."
That is the kind of Orwellian world the internet will have become, under SOPA/PIPA or other such nonsense.
The First Amendment is first for a reason.
Without
it, peaceful redress, correction, and removal of oath breaking
officials becomes impossible, leaving you with only the Second Amendment
to secure your rights. The internet is our most powerful weapon of
free speech, which is exactly why the powers that be want to shut it
down. With a free internet, they no longer have a monopoly on the
exchange of ideas and the spreading of information, and that scares the
hell out of them. So, we can expect them to do all they can to find a
way to shut the internet down or to tightly control it.
Thus,
the same "bi-partisan" pack of traitors and useful idiots who passed
the NDAA now want to kill the internet. We must defend it with as much
dedication as we would defend our right to bear arms.
Over
the weekend, the Obama administration issued a statement on the
blacklist bills, saying it would oppose PIPA and SOPA as written, and
said that it "will not support" any bill "that reduces freedom of
expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic,
innovative global Internet" (whatever that means - surely the people
pushing this will not admit it does those things). But remember, Obama
said he would veto the NDAA, and then turned around and signed it. By
dong so, he joined in on the treason of Congress. Obviously, if he
cannot be trusted to keep his oath when it comes to the Fourth, Fifth,
and Sixth Amendments (or the Article Three, Section 3 Treason Clause),
he should not be trusted to protect the First Amendment either. Do not
rely on such promises from Obama or from any of your congress-critters.
And even if they "table" these bills for now, you can bet they will try
to cram them through under some other name, or buried within some other
bill (like the NDAA). Keep the heat on them all and get the word out.
This will be an ongoing fight, until all of these oath breakers are removed from office. Read more about this issue at EFF.ORG
And spread the word! We must defend all of the Bill of Rights, for all Americans. Period.
Stewart Rhodes
Founder of Oath Keepers
PS - our members forum will still be online during this blackout, and you can discuss SOPA/PIPA there.
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