Originally Posted By: the G-man of Zur-En-Arrh
Yeah, funny how just about every "open" Obama forum "coincidentally" turns out to have "random" Democrats chosen to ask softball questions. Too bad Mr. Ripley's dead, otherwise this would make a great entry for "Believe it or Not."
As for this point:
 Originally Posted By: the G-man of Zur-En-Arrh
He supports free speech for himself and like-minded Democrats but thinks that anyone with a differing viewpoint should be shut down and silenced.


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That's not free speech G-man. Your right of free speech doesn't extend to forcing others to be your audience.


Actually, the whole point of "town hall meetings" is to be an open forum where people get to say what they want. So, anyone who chooses to attend is volunteering to be the audience for others' viewpoints. There's no "forcing others to be [one's] audience."

Now, if these protesters were breaking into meetings of, say, a Democrat Party caucus or a private event that would be a different story. But that isn't what's happening here. Instead, politicians are finding themselves confronted by their constituents which is SUPPOSED to be the point of such a meeting.


Free speech is a right, having town halls isn't. You confused the one with the other. And there probably would be more town halls if there was less shouting and window pounding.

Fair play!