Banning speech and symbols in America: ‘Let’s ban everything that’s bad!’

Glenn Beck Nails It

Trevor Loudon New Zeal 1/12/2011

Glenn Beck at his best as he puts the reaction to the Arizona murders into perspective. [The program was aired 11 January 2011.]

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…If we can’t pre-emptively detain all […]

Barry’s Angry Words

Loose Canons

Jed Babbin The American Spectator 1/11/2011

…There is no evidence whatsoever that the attack on Giffords and the others is a result of political rhetoric. The political anger there is — built over nearly two years of the Obama presidency — resulted in a force that ejected of 63 House members last […]

In Defense of Inflamed Rhetoric

The awesome stupidity of the calls to tamp down political speech in the wake of the Giffords shooting.

Jack Shafer Slate Magazine 1/9/2011

The attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and the killing of six innocents outside a Tucson Safeway has bolstered the ongoing argument that when speaking of things political, we should all […]

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