Regarding the security concerns, Downes said, “These fears were based on, at best, veiled or indirect threats and apprehension” — calling it a “heckler’s veto.”
In other words, because Tea Partiers are decent people who (in spite of the MSM's portrayal of them, aren't actually shooting people, slitting throats, slicing off heads, or burning cars, Ayers' speech should go ahead.