Any attempt or move to get someone to shut up to shut their voice is anti-American, period. I am probably 100 percent opposed to most of what Kirk came up with, but I'd be one of the first to defend his right to say it. When violence is used to shut people up because we don't like what they say, we're then no better than some dingbat banana dictatorship.

winteryeti

Time flies. It’s hard to believe that a year has already passed since that unfortunate incident took place.

Wellknow35

Hadn't seen this angle before. It's quite deep, and has a ring of truth to it.

SimpleStacker

Dialogue does not matter to people convinced that they, themselves, don’t matter.

Loved this piece and wanted to share it with you guys. The author argues that the violence replacing civil dialogue in the USA is caused by loneliness and a lack of self-worth. When people don't see themselves as truly valuable, they don't see others as truly valuable. When that happens, people don't see any point to civil discussion, and society breaks down into a war of words and (occassionally) bullets.

Politics_And_Law

> Dialogue does not matter to people convinced that they, themselves, don’t matter.

Loved this piece and wanted to share it with you guys. The author argues that the violence replacing civil dialogue in the USA is caused by loneliness and a lack of self-worth. When people don't see themselves as truly valuable, they don't see others as truly valuable. When that happens, people don't see any point to civil discussion, and society breaks down into a war of words and (occassionally) bullets.