Free speech and free response (0.00 / 0)

You have to give Tom Head credit.  It takes talent to make Todd Akin look reasonable by comparison! The free speech issues raised by the two crazies speaking out are pretty much the same.  Here's my take:

Both men have the right to speak their minds without fear of legal consequences. That's what free speech means.

The rest of us have to right -- maybe the duty -- to call them beyond-the-pale crazy extremists who are unfit for public office.

We also have the right to point out all the other crazies who hold similar views (hello, Ted Cruz!) but who know better than to give us such juicy quotes.

We can, and should, call for the crazies to step down. (But don't hold your breath waiting for them to do so.)

We can, and should, call out those "mainstream" politicians who are too timid to take on the crazies, and we should use Head and Akin as issues against them. That's the only way to really get to somebody like Tom Head. When the rest of the Lubbock Republicans start shunning him (the way that national Republicans are shunning Akin) people like him will go away. (Or at least lose the next election.)

We don't need more laws, or yet another Constitutional Amendment. We do need a better public conscience. Three cheers to the Tech Student Democrats for doing their part.  

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by: LSadun @ Sun Aug 26, 2012 at 17:12:50 PM UTC