The Jefferson Muzzles are intended to commemorate instances of people, companies or governments trampling freedom of speech, in the hope of reminding the general public of Thomas Jefferson’s exhortation that freedom of speech “cannot be limited without being lost.” They’re an award in pretty much the same way that the Darwin Awards are, but recipients of a Jefferson Muzzle should feel even more embarrassed: at least those who get a Darwin Award had the unintentional decency of removing themselves from the gene pool.
With no further ado, I give you the 2004 Jefferson Muzzles, an illustrative cross-section of the current state of free speech in the U.S.
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