Do you support freedom of speech for citizens or for corporations?

by bob Posted 2012/06/18 17:11:37

Related Topics: Freedom Of Speech, Elections, Election, Rights, Freedom, Foreign, Interest, Corporations, Political

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		I support freedom of speech for citizens, not corporations
		I support freedom of speech for corporations, not citizens
		Political corporations are for cowards who do not wish to associate their name with a political ad
		corporations are people too and should have all the rights and responsibilities as other citizens
		Political corporations makes it easy for foreign interests to have a say in our elections

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	I support freedom of speech for citizens, not corporations	35 votes	52%
	I support freedom of speech for corporations, not citizens	1 vote	1%
	Political corporations are for cowards who do not wish to associate their name with a political ad	1 vote	1%
	corporations are people too and should have all the rights and responsibilities as other citizens	28 votes	42%
	Political corporations makes it easy for foreign interests to have a say in our elections	2 votes	3%

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DM Twin 2012/06/18 17:38:31

corporations are people too and should have all the rights and responsibiliti...

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The First ammendment grants the right of free speech to all......
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Redneck... to whitewu... 2012/06/18 19:01:29

LOL That's for sure!

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Lady Wh... to Jeff Smith 2012/06/18 18:41:44

+1
me too

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Redneck Gal 2012/06/18 18:13:37

I support freedom of speech for citizens, not corporations

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Contrary to Romney's comments, corporations are not people.

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Lady Wh... to Redneck... 2012/06/18 18:41:58

+1
AGREED

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harry 2012/06/18 17:57:55

I support freedom of speech for citizens, not corporations

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Can corporations get pregnant and have abortions? Just female corporations? Can corporations dance and make love? Do corporations star in Porn Movies. Can they talk without people? Can a gay man marry a female company? Do corporations fight wars on the front line. I say we start making corporations fight on the front lines.
Send them to the middle east to fight the wars. Do corporations eat people sandwiches?

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Primitive Christian 2012/06/18 17:51:21

corporations are people too and should have all the rights and responsibiliti...

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Corporations are made up of people, there is no difference so far as speech is concerned. It's the same principle as Unions operate under. If Corporations have no freedom of speech then neither should Unions.

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Christy 2012/06/18 17:43:03

I support freedom of speech for citizens, not corporations

+5

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Redneck... to Christy 2012/06/18 20:13:01

+1
I like this one!!!

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Doreen 2012/06/18 17:39:55

corporations are people too and should have all the rights and responsibiliti...

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Without people there would be no corporations. Freedom of speech is one thing but carrying the dishonest actions behind the speech is another.

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DM Twin 2012/06/18 17:38:31

corporations are people too and should have all the rights and responsibiliti...

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The First ammendment grants the right of free speech to all......

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Franklin to DM Twin 2012/06/18 20:52:32

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..can't ask them to pay taxes and have no voice in how we run the country!
Funny thing is libtards want to pretend UNIONS are not the same as private citizen groups (Citizens united) so they want a double standard -

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DM Twin to Franklin 2012/06/19 07:30:25

Boy , did you just hit the nail RIGHT on the head !! .

Corporations get free speech

Unions get free speech

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Peewee 2012/06/18 17:29:15

corporations are people too and should have all the rights and responsibiliti...

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This shouldn't be an either/or question. Without people, corporations would not exist. Corporations should have the rights, and also the responsibilies as anyone else. Cowards hide behind any label. One of the biggest political corporate industry is the news media. They certainly DO try to influence elections.

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bob to Peewee 2012/06/18 17:33:45

+1
Corporations are a legal tool and should have NO rights of a citizen

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dvd to bob 2012/06/18 17:39:53
Franklin to dvd 2012/06/18 20:56:28

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bob has a very narrow view and he has to wait until Truth Team tells him what it is each day before he can share it -

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Peewee to bob 2012/06/18 17:44:18

Ray correctly pointed out that corporations pay taxes, get permits, just like citizens. A corporation is a citizen in that regard. I would just as soon see all businesses, churches, schools, etc. OUT of politics and I think lobbyists are about the same level as trial lawyers. It's a slippery slope if you start exempting, who's next and where does it go from there? Unions?

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Franklin to bob 2012/06/18 20:53:28

taxation with out representation Bob ? yet more proof you flunked elementary school!

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Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~ 2012/06/18 17:28:29

corporations are people too and should have all the rights and responsibiliti...

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They're not people, but I support freedom of speech for both.

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bob to Anonymo... 2012/06/18 17:34:17

+1
Ok Bow to your corporate overlord

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Peewee to bob 2012/06/18 17:43:03

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Who? No corporation is overlording me as much as our government is.

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Franklin to Peewee 2012/06/18 20:58:03

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LOL- they make it sound like companies put a gun to my head / government on the other hand DOES put a gun to my head !

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Anonymo... to bob 2012/06/18 17:50:13

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When you bow to your union and government overlords.

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Franklin to bob 2012/06/18 20:57:04

yea and you keep bending over for your Liberal tyrants !

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mind-pilot 2012/06/18 17:26:13

I support freedom of speech for citizens, not corporations

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Impeach the Supreme Court for "making law". Only congress can "make law". And Repeal Citizens United since it's criminal to call a rock a person.

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Franklin to mind-pilot 2012/06/18 20:58:35

thinking is not your thing is it kid ?

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mind-pilot to Franklin 2012/06/18 21:19:34

Hold on cowpoke.....Depends on what kind of thoughts you're passing around. If you didn't understand what I said, it could be a matter of pure English, or, .....?

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none 2012/06/18 17:23:44

I support freedom of speech for citizens, not corporations

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The First grants freedom of speech to citizens of the US, it says nothing about corporations, a corporation is not a citizen.

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exhon2009 to none 2012/06/18 17:28:53

A corporation is an inanimate object that cannot speak. It is PEOPLE that produce the ads and speak the words you hear. They are the ones that have the constitutional right to freedom of speech. That the speech is funded by a corporation or another type of corporation called a labor union doesn't change that.

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Tom to none 2012/06/18 18:29:29

What do you think a corporation is made up of?
It's employees & stockholders.
Using a more general term...PEOPLE.

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none to Tom 2012/06/19 23:54:33

So do you think a corporation is a person and has rights granted by the First Amendment??

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Tom to none 2012/06/21 15:01:48

The people who make it up have those rights, just a like the people that make up a union have those rights.

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none to Tom 2012/06/21 15:09:58

Yes, the people do.

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Franklin to none 2012/06/18 20:59:14

new avatar socky boy ?

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none to Franklin 2012/06/19 23:55:30

Why that looks like you Franklin, good job. You really should have added a beard though.

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stormy rae 2012/06/18 17:21:06

I support freedom of speech for citizens, not corporations

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fudge corporations, freedom of speech is the american peoples first amendment right, not for the corporations that dictate the peoples lives, its time we take back our republic before we become a union

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JoeBtfsplk 2012/06/18 17:20:50

corporations are people too and should have all the rights and responsibiliti...

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Uh, Yeppers! I sure enough do!

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ray 2012/06/18 17:20:24

corporations are people too and should have all the rights and responsibiliti...

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Subject to the taxes , laws , restrictions , permits , Why not the right to speech ?

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Peewee to ray 2012/06/18 17:30:57

+2
Amen

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Willski 2012/06/18 17:13:53

corporations are people too and should have all the rights and responsibiliti...

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Free speech covers everything.

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