Will You Need a License to Be a Liberal?

An Indiana lawmaker has drafted a bill that would require professional journalists to be licensed by state police.

His reasoning: “If you’re OK licensing my Second Amendment right, what’s wrong with licensing your First Amendment right?” 

Well. Speech is not deadly. Guns are.

But this is the false equivalence of Trumpism that is catching fire in the Republican Party. There were some good neo-Nazis, just like there were some good counter-protesters, at Charlottesville.

Back to Rep. Jim Lucas’s proposal: He would require professional journalists to submit an application to the Indiana State Police. Journalists would be fingerprinted as part of the process and would have to pay a $75 fee for a lifetime license. Those with felony or domestic battery convictions would be prohibited from getting a license.

The bill is modeled after a gun registration law he doesn’t like.

So, this begs the question: Will you need a license to be a liberal? 

(To confirm the accuracy of this story, visit the IndyStar at  https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/12/trump-slams-media-indiana-lawmaker-jim-lucas-threatens-license-johas-drafted-bill-license-journalist/757157001/.)