[Andy from Beaverton]

"If you feel you are intimidated from your freedom of speech, it's un-American." -- Charlie Rose to Tim Robbins --12:50 AM. Tuesday, October 14th, 2003, on PBS (OPB).
I agree 100% with Rose's statement. Intimidating someone's free speech rights are wrong. But what consumers were doing by not buying products from people they disagree with is not intimidation. The Dixie Chicks and the other anti-war people still have all the same free speech rights that we do. Larry Leonard trying to make a point used the wrong quote because Rose is right. Remember that I'm only analyzing the direct quote headlined in Larry Leonard's original column.

'Intimidating' would be me hunting down anyone who disagrees with me and threatening to remove your scalp. Sometimes liberals can make a statement and be right.

[WaterDragon]

Sometimes liberals can make a statement and be right.

I agree with you, Andy. I think that is the point. The libs know the words....amazingly, they don't seem to grasp the meaning.

[opus86]

Good point. The problem is that liberals like this will scream bloody murder whenever someone merely disagrees with them, distorting a philosophical disagreement into hate speech, mean-spiritedness, racism (my personal favorite), etc.

They don't know how to engage in logical debate and discussion. I don't believe the government should recognize homosexual marriage, so naturally I'm a homophobe and a hate-monger. I don't believe the government should continually hand out checks to able-bodied people, so I hate the poor.