Something like it should probably be posted every day until the righteous stop persisting in squelching FRee speech on FR.
You and Peggy Noonan have every right to express your opinion. And I have the right to post that I think you and Peggy Noonan wrong. Did you think there is a right to speak without being criticized? That sounds like the Hollywood mind-set.
Please explain.
You were free to call me a "jerk" without provocation. You have been free to express your views as much as anyone else here.
Perhaps there was something in your post to me that was removed (I didn't read it), that you felt your "free speech" should allow you to say??
I wasn't on FR in the "good old days," but was there ever a time when vulgarity and name calling were accepted fare (as a substitute for legitimate discussions?) Is that what I missed in the early years........the "free speech" that is now "squelched?"
I am curious as to this great change on FR that has taken place that has curtailed anyone's freedom to express his or her views.
(The "NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence" has been here since I joined 4 years ago. Were profanity and personal attacks accepted before I joined?)
This is a legitimate question, iconoclast, and I would appreciate reading your opinion as to what has changed, without a personal attack accompanying it.
Miss Marple, I pinged you because you replied to this same post, and you have been around for much longer than I.