The DMV’s Lunatic Speech Dictatorship

What do the Confederate flag, the words "Respect Choice" and the message "Choose Life" have in common? DMVs in many states are arbitrarily banning them from license plates.

Texas officials nixed the Confederate flag after an African-American pastor labeled it a symbol of oppression at a public hearing, though nine other states allow it.

New York officials sell specialized license plates that promote union membership - but not adoption. The state claims any message linked to a pro-life cause is "patently offensive." North Carolina tried the opposite, authorizing pro-life plates but not pro-choice.

These officials are claiming to be peacekeepers, cracking down to avoid the possibility anyone could be insulted while driving.
Sorry, but that's un-American.

The exchange of ideas, however controversial (some would say especially the controversial ones), has always been the bedrock of our democracy.

Dictatorships and Muslim theocracies silence controversial ideas by jailing dissidents and imposing blasphemy laws. Our Constitution bars government from doing that.

And it's alarming to see government officials chipping away at our free-speech rights by censoring at whim what can be advertised on buses and subways - or displayed on the license plates of our own private cars and trucks.

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