Barney Frank, could e be right?

Franks was right to shoot this woman down. She wasent interested in reasoned debate and
her sign and question were insulting.

For eight years the Republicans had dissenters hustled away
or cordoned off so they could not be seen, let alone heard.
No Republican I can recall spoke out against the practice.
Now, a little incident like this raises their ire. Hmmm.

rong is spelled wrong
(however I know you like to spell phonetically it still is not correct).
Just figured I'd point out you are far from making errors.

Sometimes its right to cordon off; not always.

edgarblythe wrote:

For eight years the Republicans had dissenters hustled away
or cordoned off so they could not be seen, let alone heard.
No Republican I can recall spoke out against the practice.
Now, a little incident like this raises their ire. Hmmm.

For all political parties:
it depends on the circumstances.

Sometimes its right to cordon off; not always.

Odd, but that is how word self-corrected what I wrote - I will admit I am not an expert in grammar or spelling for that matter. As I typed it first in word (as I am a horrible speller and even worse for making typos) - word self-corrected this and I simply copy and pasted it.

I assume you have never made a simple mistake by pointing out one possible error?

For eight years the Republicans had dissenters hustled away
or cordoned off so they could not be seen, let alone heard.
No Republican I can recall spoke out against the practice.
Now, a little incident like this raises their ire. Hmmm.

For all political parties:
it depends on the circumstances.
Sometimes its right to cordon off; not always.

Yeah. When they're Democrats, cordon them off.
But insist that all Republicans get heard,
no matter how assinine or stupid they may be.

Sometimes its right to cordon off; not always.

Give me an example of when you think it would be right to cordon off dissenters.

The Jew in question
did not take much cognizance of that.
We did not go thru those exertions in order to reduce
and confine our own freedom of speech.

Did he not say "it's a testament to the 1st amendment
that you are able to come here and assert such nonsense"
or something of that nature?

He showed ample respect for her right to spew hateful nonsense.
That doesn't mean he has to engage it or give it the credibility of an actual argument.

Our freedom of speech is not curtailed upon the basis
of whether there r Jews around in the area who hear what is being said or see anti-left posters.

Quite obviously she was allowed to speak.
Her question received the answer it deserved.

FreeDuck wrote:

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Did he not say "it's a testament to the 1st amendment
that you are able to come here and assert such nonsense"
or something of that nature?

He did not not; it was Barney Frank who said that.

He was shouting loudly and repeatedly,
implying that prior restraint shoud have been applied
to her and to her sign. He was near hysterical,
implying that her freedom of speech was revoked or suspended because he is a Jew.
I think that 's arrogant.

FreeDuck wrote:

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Quite obviously she was allowed to speak.
Her question received the answer it deserved.

Her rights to express her opinions have been challenged.

We hear the constant repitition that the government will (1) reap huge savings in MEDICARE to pay for new entitlements, but (2) will not arbitrarily reduce payments for services under it.

apparently far too many on the right do consider comparing Obama to Hitler as "reasoned argument."

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We hear the constant repitition that the government will (1) reap huge savings in MEDICARE to pay for new entitlements, but (2) will not arbitrarily reduce payments for services under it.

Who is 'constantly repeating' this? The Dems' plans call for paying for the Public option and other reforms mostly through new taxes on the Rich and corporations which don't offer health care plans. Who is making this argument, that you are saying is one of the prime arguments?

Of course, I realize that this is an attempt to get you to provide evidence for your assertions, and therefore useless, but form demands that I try.

Cycloptichorn

I don't think that president Obama is at all like Hitler. However, the evident conviction of him, his supporters and the Democrat leaders in the Congress that they alone know what is really good for us, and the assertions of many of them that they will go ahead regardless of the expressed opposition, is certainly reminiscent of an authoritarian frame of mind. I believe many people have come to the same conclusion.