I don't know Denise but I applaud her for having the courage to run for office in these dangerous times! Good people are staying away from seeking elective office because the environment of endless attacks. January 6th came and went yet many in the gQp cannot even bring themselves to strongly condemn the violence. Yesterday on Face the Nation the congressman responsible for the gQp national campaign to re-take Congress was grilled over a Tweet he posted of him firing his machine gun with a hash tag "fire pelosi"....it is no wonder we have thugs out there ready, willing and able to act out!?!
The proliferation of lies and hate in the media has and will continue to fortify actions like this. I understand free speech but this is not what our forefathers intended or dreamed of.
When you live a town like mine - Bloomfield - this is what any/every day with any interaction with most of the rest of CT, as well as the media, feels like.
I don't know Denise but I applaud her for having the courage to run for office in these dangerous times! Good people are staying away from seeking elective office because the environment of endless attacks. January 6th came and went yet many in the gQp cannot even bring themselves to strongly condemn the violence. Yesterday on Face the Nation the congressman responsible for the gQp national campaign to re-take Congress was grilled over a Tweet he posted of him firing his machine gun with a hash tag "fire pelosi"....it is no wonder we have thugs out there ready, willing and able to act out!?!
Everyone who uses violence in campaign ads should be held accountable. At the very least -- the VERY least -- don't vote for them.
The proliferation of lies and hate in the media has and will continue to fortify actions like this. I understand free speech but this is not what our forefathers intended or dreamed of.
This is the question of the age, isn't it? What means "free speech?"
No, it's not. Incitement to violence is not protected free speech, anymore than falsely shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
Yes. So I suppose the question bowls down to: What is incitement? What qualifies?
I'm glad Berlin has people like Denise McNair. I had a very different image of it, more in line with her detractors.
Thank you for writing this.
When you live a town like mine - Bloomfield - this is what any/every day with any interaction with most of the rest of CT, as well as the media, feels like.
Lord.