# Lawmaker does not understand first amendment **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 8, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawmaker-does-not-understand-first-amendment/709304 "2015-01-08T12:56:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawmaker-does-not-understand-first-amendment/709304/161 "2015-01-09T18:34:59Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > I don’t care what she puts in her story. If a person says they don’t want you to contact them again, you should respect that. If that makes it harder to do your job, that’s your problem, not theirs. > > She wrote an article that he thought was a shitty hit piece, and he doesn’t want to deal with her again professionally or personally. I think he has the right to do that. Oh PLEASE tell me the world works that way! I have a LONG list of people and organizations over which I wish to exercise such absolute power! Stand by, this may take a while. ---
**Author:** ![Fallen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@Fallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fallen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawmaker-does-not-understand-first-amendment/709304/162 "2015-01-09T18:46:40Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Oh PLEASE tell me the world works that way! I have a LONG list of people and organizations over which I wish to exercise such absolute power! Agreed. As for “Stand by, this may take a while[,]” at first I was going to leave it at “I’m wai-i-i-i-i-ting” but think it’s better to presume it’s just snark. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawmaker-does-not-understand-first-amendment/709304/163 "2015-01-09T19:09:55Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > I don’t care what she puts in her story. If a person says they don’t want you to contact them again, you should respect that. If that makes it harder to do your job, that’s your problem, not theirs. > > She wrote an article that he thought was a shitty hit piece, and he doesn’t want to deal with her again professionally or personally. I think he has the right to do that. He absolutely has the right to do that. He can exercise that right by hanging up on her. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawmaker-does-not-understand-first-amendment/709304/164 "2015-01-09T19:33:02Z")
I’d like the IRS to stop contacting me. They keep trying to extort money from me! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawmaker-does-not-understand-first-amendment/709304/165 "2015-01-09T19:35:07Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Probably not. It’s more likely likely that Bethany Rodgers once wrote an article that portrayed James Randi in a positive light. And here I thought I was being so clever. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawmaker-does-not-understand-first-amendment/709304/166 "2015-01-09T20:49:12Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Yes. > > You can check his post history whenever the subject of Randi or his challenge comes up for numerous, incessant, and inane examples, alluded to in this post: > > Some examples (of many) in locked threads [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=394125) and [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=394028). I was wondering why **Peter Morris** was familiar. I remember reading some of the **[Ask the Randi $1M challenge applicant](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=394028)** thread back then. His logic and reasoning are, umm,…interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawmaker-does-not-understand-first-amendment/709304/167 "2015-01-09T20:52:17Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > This is pretty clearly a statement of fact put forward by the reporter, namely, the fact that Kirby Delauter has joined Shreve in concern over parking for elected officials. HAS Kirby Delauter joined Shreve in concern? How does the reporter know that? Maybe she asked Kirby Delauter? Nope, both the reporter and Delauter agree that he never talked to her. Not picking on you, but just using your words. Could she not have just attended a council meeting where the subject was brought up and observed the conversation between DeLauter and Shreve (and the other woman)? She is the political reporter after all and I would think covering council meetings would be part of that. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawmaker-does-not-understand-first-amendment/709304/168 "2015-01-09T21:07:58Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > She invented an opinion for him. He had not stated that opinion. I’m assuming the irony of this post escapes you. ---
**Author:** ![Fallen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@Fallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fallen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawmaker-does-not-understand-first-amendment/709304/169 "2015-01-09T21:29:56Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Could she not have just attended a council meeting where the subject was brought up and observed the conversation between DeLauter and Shreve (and the other woman)? Has there BEEN a council meeting at which the topic was brought up? I missed that (evidently, the county recently switched forms of government, and those who used to be commissioners are now council members). ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawmaker-does-not-understand-first-amendment/709304/170 "2015-01-09T21:30:01Z")
I actually feel stupider after reading **Peter Morris** ’s posts. I really hope he’s a troll. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawmaker-does-not-understand-first-amendment/709304/171 "2015-01-09T21:31:12Z")
I don’t know, but it would stand to reason that would be the place to discuss the parking issue. At least to me. ---
**Author:** ![Fallen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@Fallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fallen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawmaker-does-not-understand-first-amendment/709304/172 "2015-01-09T23:04:56Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > I don’t know, but it would stand to reason that would be the place to discuss the parking issue. At least to me. I don’t think there was one. At any rate, while such a meeting might be a logical place to discuss, official meetings will never be (and shouldn’t be) the only place where information for a story is acquired. This story just happened to originate after a (different) council member complained about his key card not working post-charter change, etc., etc. (There isn’t much news in that county, I gather.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawmaker-does-not-understand-first-amendment/709304.md?page=8)