WASHINGTON - May 5, 2009 - A Connecticut college student who was asked to make a presentation in his Communications class recently discovered that freedom of speech only extends to those who are supporting leftist causes. When his professor realized he was speaking in support of having guns on campuses to protect against Virginia Tech type mass murders , she not only scolded him, but actually called the police! Apparently at Central Connecticut State University merely saying the words “guns on campus” is a serious violation of liberal law punishable by arrest.

That night the police asked him to “voluntarily” come in for an interview. He was questioned about the guns their investigation revealed he legally possesses and eventually released.

A Colorado high school student who wore a t-shirt with “NOBAMA” printed on it discovered his freedom of speech could be cancelled at the whim of a local police officer who objected to his peaceful protest. When Blake Benson and two other students at Dakota Ridge High School protested an appearance by Michelle Obama, he thought he had the right to wear an anti-Obama t-shirt. He was wrong. For wearing his shirt he was arrested, handcuffed and taken to his school’s administrative office, where he was given a “promise to appear” citation by a county sheriff’s deputy. Not to be outdone in trampling Benson’s rights of freedom of speech, the principal then suspended Benson. Although the school and the police have backed down from their illegal positions, they have both taught Benson a lesson about the oppressive use of governmental power.

A Traverse City, Michigan high school student was berated and given a ten-minute lecture for reading Fox News off the screen of his class computer. He was told to read and listen to “BBC and other news venues.”

We could ask when this will end, but I have a better question. Is this just the beginning of Marxist crackdowns on freedom of speech? Sadly, it seems so.

Ed. Note: When is enough, enough? Revolution Now! Independence Forever!