"I hope that our discussion today reminds Bill that a free press is at the very heart of this nation's values. The blogosphere is enormous - and to exploit such a tiny fraction of it in such a way is ludicrous, especially considering that Bill himself has said some things in the past that he may not want distorted... Democrats aren't going to be lectured to about the crudeness of language or civility of discourse by Bill O'Reilly. "
Dodd has a solid point here, O'Reilly himself has made his fair share of comments that could be viewed as being hateful. In an earlier post I mentioned that this war turning into a battle against free speech, and the implication was that it was parties on the left that was waging that battle. I want to be clear that the situation right now is that free speech is the innocent hostage in the middle of a war between parties on the right and parties on the left. Both sides seem determined to control the speech of those that disagree with them, and that is not right.
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