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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: jcky who wrote (33680)10/17/2001 1:19:45 PM
From: The Philosopher   of 82486
 
Absolutely.

There's all this negative posting about "patriots" as though they were somehow not entitled to the same free speech rights at the right thinkers.

For example, Message 16516453
Very sad that the "true patriots" actually had the gall to think they had free speech rights.

Or when a poster writes: "As far as I'm concerned these are knee-jerk "patriots" who don't understand the Bill of
Rights."

As though "patriots" don't have their own free speech rights under the Bill of Rights.

I frankly find more tolerance of dissent by "patriots" on this thread than I find tolerance of the views of "patriots" by -- well, I guess one can only say non-"patriots." Or at least certain ones.

What's interesting to me is that for all this morning's knee-jerk springing to the defense of X, she did not appear in the least concerned last night about muzzling the free speech rights of those questioning the views she was representing. I give her credit for that. It was a healthy give and take, and within the context of past discussions here and the "no gloves" philosophy of the thread, remarkably civil.
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