tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538186867576403896.post2496491717190568206..comments2023-11-02T02:31:45.015-05:00Comments on Banned And Dangerous Ministries!: Somebody Gets It On Free SpeechMr. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579584580534433342noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538186867576403896.post-30308548002426683472009-05-01T03:17:00.000-05:002009-05-01T03:17:00.000-05:00Why is this concept so hard for conservatives?Beca...<I>Why is this concept so hard for conservatives?</I>Because their default definition of "free speech" is "<B>antagonistic</B> speech" - that which is meant to be purely argumentative or provocative without recourse to facts or the nuances of the situation (like their inane notion that bad-mouthing your boss should be protected speech, in terms of you getting to keep your job no matter what you might say). <br /><br />This is why the ranting of the RW talking heads gains so much traction with them. They say all the things the wingnuts would <I>like</I> to utter, but don't. So the wingnuts cheer them on rabidly through the comfy anonymity of the Internet, while rationalizing to themselves in real life that, "Dag-nabbit, if those nasty lefties weren't hell-bent on squashing my freedom of speech, I'd have something to say!"<br /><br />One more variation on the "culture of victimhood" theme.ethttp://rr-for-president.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com