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Michael Hathaway

Proposed Legislation: Never to Forget

Michael Hathaway
I read on Facebook about some guy who sucker punched a Nazi at a rally. The Facebook poster, a fine poet, was distraught, lamenting the death of free speech. He whined, “There ought to be a law!” I agree. In the interest of Public Health, punching Nazis should be regulated. It should be against the law to face punch any Nazi coyly hiding behind the First Amendment more than 6,000,000 times. 6,000,001 will be considered excessive force, punishable to the full extent of the law.
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