tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339541743624368462.post6986810239603863636..comments2024-03-28T22:01:00.225-07:00Comments on Early Sports and Pop Culture History Blog: Liquor Licenses, Steelworkers and the British Navy - an Unlicensed History and Etymology of "Speakeasies"Peter Jensen Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042588192094310236noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339541743624368462.post-46103020068421884862019-04-29T15:56:19.314-07:002019-04-29T15:56:19.314-07:00Interesting take. But as I understand it, prohibi...Interesting take. But as I understand it, prohibitionists clamped down on people's ability to buy a drink, not so much "politically incorrect" speech - they didn't even have the concept of "politically incorrect" speech in the 1920s. Freedom of speech has always been protected by the 1st Amendment of the Constitution. The freedom to buy a drink had never been guaranteed by the Constitution - and still isn't as far as I know; I believe there are still dry counties and town in various places. You may have a point of some kind, but I'm not sure how it relates to the content of this post. And if you decide to enter the meatspace, please continue to take the time to check in on my blog now and then which is firmly rooted in cyber-space. Anyways, thanks for reading and participating.Peter Jensen Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00042588192094310236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339541743624368462.post-22470723402488375812019-04-28T05:49:40.899-07:002019-04-28T05:49:40.899-07:00Yes, "Speak easy" originally meant to sp...Yes, "Speak easy" originally meant to speak discretely about illegal sale of alcohol.<br /><br />The first "talkie" movies with dialogue came out in 1928 during Prohibition, and we can see by then they were places of lively entertainment and where people would go to relax from the "political correctness" of the time.<br /><br />The name "speakeasy" might have seemed fitting for a totally different reason, once inside. People there could speak more easily about things that were considered "politically incorrect" by the Prohibitionists running around trying to clamp down on everyone else's freedom.<br /><br />There's ALWAYS been officious types who view their brief sojourn on Earth as a holy mission to appoint themselves "authorities" and clamp down on human freedom to relax.<br /><br />25 years ago the Internet was the Speakeasy, where people could speak freely and easily and exchange ideas, largely going over the heads of the backward control freaks among us.<br /><br />This was a clever strategy, for today, 25 years later, we see the backward control freaks of the world concentrating their efforts into attempting to turn cyberspace into a GULAG where anything anyone posts can get them "in trouble" with these color-of-law, anti-human chickenshits pretending they are now "authorities" over what everyone else may say or think.<br /><br />This was a wise strategy, for the more the control freaks turn cyberspace into the GULAG they've always wanted, the more the SPEAKEASIES revert to regular "meatspace" where people can and will exchange "politically incorrect" views face to face.<br /><br />So these sad self-appointed authoritarians who have been the BANE of human happiness, and the cause of suffering, for thousands of years, can have the "web" to stomp around in all they like. We humans are taking the meatspace.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908502336999036937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339541743624368462.post-44190462099784788012018-11-19T09:16:47.273-08:002018-11-19T09:16:47.273-08:00lol
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