>>>I am all for dissent, expressing whatever viewpoint.
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>>>IMHO, your messages do not convey that sentiment at all.
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>>>The disruptions at recent town hall meetings where Democratic members of Congress appeared seem particularly well coordinated. They act a lot like they have been encouraged to show up as a mob.
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>>>You have been watching too much MSNBC. INHO, these people seem to be ordinary citizens who are concerned about having a government bureaucrat making decisions about thir health care. Have you actually read any of the bill? I have not read all of it, but the parts that I have read scare me to death.
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>>>http://weblogs.foxite.com/andykramek/archive/2009/08/11/8766.aspx
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>>You're calling your husband as an expert witness? ;-)
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>>I don't really need to defend myself on respecting anyone's right to express their opinion. Have said as much here over a number of years. Voltaire -- "I do not agree with what you say but will defend with my life your right to say it." My only point here was that the anti-reform town hall protests seem less than spontaneous. There is a mob atmosphere and I believe that is intended.
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>It really offends me when folks who have never served in any capacity to defend with my life your right to say it use that quote. Especially from folks who do little to support the military or speak of them as though they are lessor human beings. Put up or shut up. There are many, many ways to serve that uphold the constitution. You might be interested in reading the oath that all military servicemen take. Please use another quote to serve your purpose instead of one that you cannot substantiate (unless you have service that you have not shared?)
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>Or did you mean "I will let others defend with their lives your right to say it?"

Has the entire U.S. military tried to appropriate that hundreds of years old quote, or just you? Voltaire himself was not in the military AFAIK. So maybe he did not mean it in a military context.