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Yes, of course Kurtz has the legal right to say any nonsense he wants to. But that doesn't mean that it is sensible for him to be respected for holding them, it doesn't mean that it is sensible for an organization claiming to honestly portray the news and to logically analyze it to employ such a man, and it doesn't mean that it is sensible for the audience to listen to the opinions of such a man.
-- jojo
This is a really important point. The rightwing employs this tactic quite a bit. Such as, if you call Michelle Malkin a hypocrite for not being bothered by Freepers wishing for the death of Ted Kennedy and other liberals, you are trying to stifle her free speech. So, now it has become that even arguing with someone's argument, no matter how poor, is "stifling their free speech." It's so transparent, but they employ it regularly.
(Not to mention that the only entity that can truly stifle free speech is a government actor.)
