Today, the Wall Street Journal has a great piece by John Fund, describing the evils of BAMN and Dillon’s thugs. Both groups have aggressively used thug like tactics to stop political speech in the initiative process.

Just read the quote from a BAMN director admitting she is against democracy. She believes your right to free speech ends the moment you disagree with her.

“The key to defeating the initiative is to keep it off the ballot in the first place,” says Donna Stern, Midwest director for the Detroit-based By Any Means Necessary (BAMN). “That’s the only way we’re going to win.”

If this isn’t outrageous enough read what about a BAMN volunteer tells a petition circulator.

“If you give me your signatures, we’ll leave you alone,” says a BAMN volunteer on one tape to someone who’s earning money by circulating several different petition.

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Read The Far Left’s War on Direct Democracy

ACORN, an organization known for its heavy handed voter fraud tactics, was recently caught on tape harrassing petitioners and blocking free speech.

This video shows an individual admitting he is an employee of ACORN blocking free speech in broad daylight.