If freedom of expression is faced with the threat of illegal violence, freedom should be curtailed.

...So now it's ethical to give in to violent mobs.

The Tea Party has gotten beaten up for the past year for embodying a threat of violence that doesn't actually exist.

The lesson we are getting is that maybe it should.  After all, if you want something, the ethical thing is to threaten somone who disagrees with you.

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Pleasing Siamese and Line-up (from a week ago)

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MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer was frustrated that the latest terrorism attempt turned out to be by Yet Another Islamic Radical.  Unfortunately for her, she was dumb enough to talk about it on the record.  James Lileks pounces.


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1 Yea, verily.  And it doesn't hurt that the link goes to someone legitimately crushworthy.  

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