Reply #21: I don't know that you're naive necessarily. You might be, but I don't know.

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However, I do know that you--along with quite a few other people--are unable to assess certain situations objectively.

Rather than recognizing this as a question of the right to make a political statement, you and others have raced to condemn Grisham and praise Isom. You and others have attempted all sorts of false equivalencies in an effort to disguise the fact that, ultimately, you're saying "people shouldn't make political statements that I don't like."


The First Amendment isn't intended solely to protect pleasant speech and uncontroversial statements. If you value the freedom of expression at all, then you must accept that some people are going to express views that you don't like.


That doesn't make you naive, but it does make you curiously selective in your assessment of who is and who is not entitled to an opinion.