Freedom Of Speech

By Timothy D. Naegele[1]

 

I just had some woman reprimand me for saying that items being sold outside of a library where she works are "junk," and nothing more than that.  Clearly, the library allowed the sellers to have "stalls" to sell their wares, like the stalls at a farmer's market.

She should be fired, but she was exercising her right of free speech, which I was when I effectively told her that her opinion didn't matter.  Junk is junk; and yes, people collect it.  The fact that I found her to be an obnoxious bitch was my opinion.

On college campuses globally, Americans and others are saying that the Israelis are butchers.  Israel was thrust on the Middle East, despite the beliefs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and General George Marshall that it should not have come into being.[2]

Innocent American Jews, some of whom have been my friends since grade school in Los Angeles, are feeling the effects of rising anti-Semitism, which may only get worse.  To curtail or censor free speech by Jews and non-Jews only exacerbates the problems.[3]

 

 

 

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© 2025, Timothy D. Naegele

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[1]  Timothy D. Naegele was counsel to the United States Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and chief of staff to Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal recipient and former U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass).  See, e.g., Timothy D. Naegele Resume-21-8-6  and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/accomplishments/   He has an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as well as two law degrees from the School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, and from Georgetown University.  He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency at The Pentagon, where he received the Joint Service Commendation Medal (see, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commendation_Medal#Joint_Service).  Mr. Naegele is an Independent politically; and he is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Finance and Business. He has written extensively over the years (see, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/articles/ and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/articles/), and studied photography with Ansel Adams.  He can be contacted directly at [email protected]

[2]  See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/31/is-israel-doomed/ ("Is Israel Doomed")

[3]  See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/every-american-should-watch-this-video/ ("Every American Should Watch This Video") and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/11/is-the-trump-presidency-where-free-speech-goes-to-die/ ("Is The Trump Presidency Where Free Speech Goes To Die?"); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2021/02/25/facebook-is-engaged-in-criminal-censorship/ ("Facebook Is Engaged In Criminal Censorship")