re: #528 albusteve

As someone who is nominally a ‘conservative’, part of that ideology is an intense belief in individualism; race, ethnicity, religion and even nationality notwithstanding.

The issue with this headstone isn’t one dealing with some individuals stepping outside of the arbitrary categories they were likely born into and onto someone else’s, some other nation’s turf but instead has everything to do with not respecting the individual rights of the girls family to honor her memory in whatever fashion they choose; no matter how repugnant they may be in deciding not to memorialize her at all.

I also have no problem with Canadians, or anyone else in the world piping in about American politics including actively campaigning, so long as they do not donate or vote without having gone through the trouble of gaining citizenship. It may spark some crudely patriotic resentment from me when it does happen, but free speech isn’t about protecting me or anyone else from hurt feelings.