>>>>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 is very ingenious way "respecting anyone's right to express their opinion" by calling it "a mob atmosphere".
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>Mob atmosphere as in shouting, drowning out speakers, poking people in the chest.

Frankly, that has always been the case at townhall meetings, rallies, pto meetings, and just about any meeting open to the public by a city, county, or other government organization.