From:
dardowns
Date:
Nov 05 22:54 UTC
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I respect anyone's civil freedoms to express nonsense – but I also
hope for more substance and reason and less bigotry from an elected
official. The thing that bothers me more than Mr. Hazelton's nonsense
is mental gymnastics of those that attempt to give credence it. There
are unpopular positions that remind us of the importance of our civil
freedoms, but there are also wholly unsubstantiated irrational rants
that should remind us that democracy is not simply a system that
provides absolute free license to say or do whatever we want. Mr.
Voegeli uses Mr. Hazelton's comments to praise democracy as if bigotry
and hate are somehow a necessary part of it. That type of democracy
is nothing more than mob rule, and in my view it is a childish
interpretation. So while I hoped for something better from Mr.
Hazelton as an elected official, I'm more struck by Mr. Voegeli's
efforts to employ ignorance and bigotry as a way to praise and build
democracy. Based on that logic, the more ignorant and meaner we
become, we get closer to a more meaningful democracy? I don't think
so.
darrell downs