No. I've not called for Tea Partiers to be silenced. The fact that I object to something doesn't mean I want to suppress it. I object to hearing the word "nigger" too. That doesn't mean I want anybody who says or writes it as a racial slur should be legally silenced.
I am in favor of people behaving in a responsible manner on their own. The Tea Partiers are bad enough. The influential people in the Republican party, elected officials and pundits, who pander to them are worse.
If you're going to make it legal for people to bring loaded weapons to public rallies, it shouldn't be too much to ask that you not also engage in inflammatory, violent rhetoric.
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Date: 28/4/10 16:33 (UTC)No. I've not called for Tea Partiers to be silenced. The fact that I object to something doesn't mean I want to suppress it. I object to hearing the word "nigger" too. That doesn't mean I want anybody who says or writes it as a racial slur should be legally silenced.
I am in favor of people behaving in a responsible manner on their own. The Tea Partiers are bad enough. The influential people in the Republican party, elected officials and pundits, who pander to them are worse.
If you're going to make it legal for people to bring loaded weapons to public rallies, it shouldn't be too much to ask that you not also engage in inflammatory, violent rhetoric.