Obama isn't limiting David Brooks or George Will's freedom of speech... Pat Buchanan and the folks over at the AIE aren't being silenced. Real conservatives have nothing to worry about.
You know, I just wanted to ask you a question. Just as you take offense to someone on the right trying to define what you, the left, are. Why is it you do not notice that by saying "Real conservatives" are safe, you are defining the right while being on the left? The exact thing you're speaking against.
Personally I don't think it's fair to either side, but you both do it.... zero-sum. All in all, that's what it comes down to, a zero-sum. They do, so you do. Not necessarily directly consciously... but they do, so you end up doing too.
I think the definition of a "Real conservative" should be down to the conservatives as a whole, not the person holding the gun with finger on the trigger. Not like some serial killer who changes who people are so they are something he can vilify before killing.
Let Conservative be defined by those who are.
Let Liberal be defined by those who are.
Everything else is just opinion.
Minor addition/edit: Personally, I feel those that advocate free speech should do it for everyone, not just their team.
Second edit, to something said in the thread: Simple clarification, prejudice is a judgment, DISCRIMINATION is an action. Prejudice does not go beyond the realm of thought to the realm of action, if it does, it becomes Discrimination.
Historical clarification, while you may interpret slavery as bad, in the time period where it was done by GOOD people, they were clothed, fed, and cared for. They were essentially a more direct form of the work force system we have today, instead of hiring a union guy who pays his dues to have his rights secured, direct care was given to slaves. Now, there's the other side too, the ones who would mistreat and kidnap the slaves from their homeland, the slaver
s. These were the people who were harming others. These are the people who did so with malice. They are not the only ones to blame, the lawmakers didn't try to fix anything either. Ironically, in the entire situation, the one who is LEAST to blame is the common slave owner who gave food and shelter to their slaves for the work they did, yet these are most often the people gone after. The thing about right and wrong is, before you take any action, you really have to be absolutely sure what they are, and who is what, before you do anything. Usually you're wrong in the end, misdefining or misinterpreting something along the way.