Quote of the Day
Posted By Russ Emerson on October 2, 2003 at 10:57 am
Once again, Jonah Goldberg, in NRO:
Criticizing someone else’s criticism — even when a government official does it — isn’t an assault on free speech. It is free speech. And leadership does not require saying “thank you sir may I have another” every time some yutz takes an unfair swipe at you. If giving as good as you get intimidates people from speaking their mind, maybe that’s a good thing, because it most likely means those people haven’t thought through their positions well enough to offer an opinion worth listening to. If that makes you sad, if that makes you want your boo-boo-kitty and a cookie from your mommy, that’s fine. But spare me the prattle about how dissenters are being intimidated. Either offer some facts or stop your whining.
[Emphasis mine.]
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