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AlbertCat

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8. What is "government speech"?

Reply to Maine-ah (Original post)

Fri Mar 23, 2012, 05:18 PM

Mar 2012

And isn't removing the 1st instance of "government speech" censorship?

How can a negative.... removing something... be "saying" something? It's silence. Shouldn't he just put up a mural of his own while leaving the other mural alone, so as not to censor the other "government speech"?

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Federal judge rules for LePage in lawsuit over mural removal [View all] Maine-ah Mar 2012 OP

Boo! bluedigger Mar 2012 #1

The answer is to remove LePage and restore the mural... rfranklin Mar 2012 #2

Good point!! n/t spartan61 Mar 2012 #4

I did not see it mentioned in this article They_Live Mar 2012 #3

And the voters can engage in political speech by casting a vote against LePage next time he runs. appleannie1 Mar 2012 #5

"Kiss my butt" is also "government speech" according to LePage. jpak Mar 2012 #6

You know what this reminds me of..... LynneSin Mar 2012 #7

What is "government speech"? AlbertCat Mar 2012 #8

Government speech doctrine: onenote Mar 2012 #9