Why I don’t celebrate the left’s current victories over Rush.

I live in a red state where many people listen to him and respect his opinions. Even people who don’t listen to him defend his right to say what he says on the radio. They see it as a free speech issue. “Come on, it’s just Rush being Rush.” They also see the current assault against Rush as confirming their view that the left is against free speech and wants to shut the voices of the right down on the radio and anywhere else they can.
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We see that issue here on this site at times. We try to destroy those who have views that differ with ours. But we are supposed to be in the same political party. The politics of personal destruction limit the ability of Congress to do its work and they, in turn, affect us at the local level and in the communities we participate in. The problem, as I see it, is that it limits our ability make lasting change in our communities.