"Curtailment of free speech is rationalized on grounds that a more compelling American tradition forbids criticism of the government when the nation is at war...Nothing can be more destructive of our fundamental democratic traditions than the vicious effort to silence dissenters." ML King, Jr.

I found this quote on Danny Schechter's blog entitled, News Dissector. http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/

It just got me thinking about new media and how new media can help someone express themselves without using the written word. In a way, it helps someone in an out-group express themselves more freely so that they can criticize the government or be an outspoken dissenter without coming under as much scruitny as, say, Ward Churchill of Univ. of Colorado...if he had made his composition, "Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens" in a multi-media platform, would he have gotten as much scruitney?