re: #293 000G

I do, but you keep dodging the question about reasonable restrictions to monied free speech while insisting on reasonable restrictions to tent speech. Which was the substance of your original objection.

A reasonable restriction on speech on TV might not be a reasonable restriction on speech in a public space, and vice versa. For example, OWS has the right to protect in the park for some period of time (I say a couple months is enough). However, they have no right to have their protest in the middle of the Holland Tunnel for any period of time. Those considerations have no bearing on TV. On the street, maybe I can yell, “Fuck Wall Street!” all day. But I won’t get an ad like that on TV.

More specifically, on your point about OWS, I’m not worried about rich “peoples’” speech. I’m worried about their influence on Congress. As I age, I am more and more in favor of term limits and stricter conflict of interest rules for congressmen. I think that’s a better solution than restricting speech.