Wait a minute! Are these the guys (and Nanney) who are constantly harping on freedom and how regulation is destroying our country -- God bless America, hallelujah!? Apparently, this bunch has done a bit of research and found that there are some areas, none of which would adversely affect themselves, where we citizens need to be instructed -- by them.
For example, Wendy Nanney has it on good faith (faith being the instructive word) that at twenty weeks a fetus feels pain. So she has another God-fearing expert testify to that effect, and wins out handily against the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
And now we have a budget amendment that would have part of a university's funding held up until they ban using "pornographic content" in classes. Representative Mac Toole from Lexington adds that "pornographic content" is not defined because we will know it when we see it.
Oh, my, if only Molly Ivins were here to do justice to this state of affairs. She was the go-to gal on ignorance in the Texas lege. She once said about a state legislator from Dallas: "If his IQ slips any lower, we'll have to water him twice a day." And now that I think of it, taking care of infirm legislators here in SC could be considered a jobs bill.
While we are whiling away our time, setting around trying to make ends meet, we do have hard working legislators making sure we don't step out of line. Freedom is okay, as long as it's accompanied by lots of campaign contributions. After all, money is speech. Which is exactly what they want us to understand about our colleges. The politicians have the money, so they own the speech.
I am thinking this might be one of those instances where we might just sit back and watch censorship in action. After all, we'll know it when we see it.
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