"Nate Perkins" wrote in message

I think it is the fools and dunderheads that got us into this mess to
begin with.

It's hard to disagree with you, but the point is moot ... we're in it up to
our eyeballs. The task now is to deal a blow to our avowed enemies while we
extricate ourselves, or walk off and stick our heads in the sand, ignoring
global reality in the 21st century.

Besides, the rights of free speech and free press are
fundamental to a democracy (at least until some dunderhead decides
otherwise).

There is also a point when "free" speech provides aid to the enemy. Couple
that fact with today's press, that can be bought by either side, and you end
up in a dangerous haze that forces the path taken to be based passion and
politics, instead of reason.

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