TanDL
I would like to think that here we would act more like Boston in dealing with this sort of situation. And let me state my personal belief right up front for those in our community who might disagree. I will absolutely defend the right to free speech, even when I have utter contempt for a speaker’s words but I will not remain silent in the face of what I view as contemptible free speech, for I also have the right to speak freely. I believe that you DO NOT have the right to terrorize/frighten people, you shouldn’t have the right to carry intimidating weapons in your demonstration of free speech and I really chafe at the idea of anyone waving a Nazi flag. The world stopped that despicable movement of hate and slaughter in the 1940s and it appalls me that it is being defended or even tolerated anywhere in our country. Our fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers gave their lives to rid the world of that evil and we shouldn’t have to deal with that again. Ever! I like that those with torches who marched around a Charlottesville church filled with people attending a worship service were called out online and shamed. That was utterly despicable. Good people everywhere need to stand up and say “no, this will not be allowed to take hold in our country.” And leaders who promote, slyly dismiss or turn a blind eye to this kind of hate and intolerance should be thrown out of their leadership. Hats off to Boston! I salute you!