[Peace-discuss] First they came for Julian Assange's First Amendment rights...

[Robert Naiman]

Let me make sure that I understand what you're saying.

You're saying that the Libertarian Party believes in defending the First
Amendment rights of Julian Assange, even though, in one narrow legalistic
sense, Julian Assange has no First Amendment rights, since he is not a
citizen or resident of the United States?

If that is the position of the Libertarian Party, I salute the Libertarian
Party for having a principled position.

Perhaps the Libertarian Party could give a workshop on being a principled
defender of the First Amendment to the people who are persecuting Max
Blumenthal and Nina Paley.

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Robert Reuel Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
(202) 448-2898 x1





On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 12:14 PM Dianna Visek via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> The Libertarian Party does upport Assange, Snowden et al.  E.g.:
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> Libertarians honor the Bill of Rights | Libertarian Party
> <https://www.lp.org/libertarians-honor-the-bill-of-rights/>
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> Libertarians honor the Bill of Rights | Libertarian Party
>
> Happy birthday to the Bill of Rights! These 10 amendments to the U.S.
> Constitution were ratified by the states o...
> <https://www.lp.org/libertarians-honor-the-bill-of-rights/>
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> On Thursday, April 11, 2019, 9:32:50 AM CDT, David Johnson via
> Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> Well said Bob !
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> David J.
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> *From:* Peace-discuss [mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 11, 2019 8:27 AM
> *To:* Peace-discuss List
> *Subject:* [Peace-discuss] First they came for Julian Assange's First
> Amendment rights...
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> First they came for Julian Assange's First Amendment rights.
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> The liberals and the libertarians did not speak up, because they were not
> Julian Assange.
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> Besides, the liberals and the libertarians argued, Julian Assange has no
> First Amendment rights.
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> Julian Assange is an Australian. Only Americans have First Amendment
> rights.
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> So argued the liberals and the libertarians, when they came for the First
> Amendment rights of Julian Assange...
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> Robert Reuel Naiman
> Policy Director
> Just Foreign Policy
> www.justforeignpolicy.org
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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> (202) 448-2898 x1
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