New York State Senators want to 'refine' First Amendment

Wow. Just wow. [Link]

New York State Senators Jeff Klein, Diane Savino, David Carlucci and David Valesky apparently missed civics class, because they think the First Amendment grants the "privilege" of free speech, not the right, and that this "refined" view of free speech should be implemented in order to stop people from saying stupid things on the Internet.

Their report suggests that a "refined" First Amendment could be used to stop "happy slapping" (a short-lived violent craze from 2005), trolling, "flaming," and "INTENTIONALLY AND CRUELLY EXCLUDING SOMEONE FROM AN ONLINE GROUP" (the caps are theirs).

First thing I noticed here was that the party affiliation is not mentioned. This almost always means that the party affiliation is Democrat. I wonder why that is.

Jeffrey D. Klein
Diane J. Savino
David Carlucci
David J. Valesky

Is this a trend, what with the call to suspend elections by N.C. Governor Perdue, calls for less democracy by Peter Orszag, or President Obama wishing he was President of China.

Who, exactly are the fascists and fans of totalitarianism?