Well, I think we can ALL agree that OUR side of the political spectrum has ALL the answers, and that the OTHER side is just STUPID.

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I don't really HAVE a side. I have a protective bubble. But OK... Can you push my bubble the hell out of here??
That's true...the center of fascism. Just look at the Cal campus - where these left-wing thugs assault people and destroy property.
Funny, but, sadly, more true than the Left will admit. Yes, shutting down others for their views is not in keeping with the spirit of our Founders. In California, it's the Left shutting down RW views. Elsewhere, it's the Right shutting down LW views. This forum is a microcosm of such views. Very few here really walk the walk when it comes to supporting the rights of other Americans.
I doh't recall where the right has shut down leftist views. If there is one I haven't heard about, I'd still say it's a ten to one ration if not more.
Hollywood Blacklist
Kent State Shootings - Ohio History Central
Republican lawmakers introduce bills to curb protesting in at least 18 states
Okay, so I'll start with your Hollywood black list. Here is a quote from that article:
Due to their lack of cooperation, the House of Representatives voted 346 to 17 to approve contempt citations.
The "right" stopped them? You mean back then, we had 346 Republican Congressmen to 17 Democrats?
The black list was extensive:
Altogether some 500 people from the entertainment industry were black or graylisted. The graylist was a supplimentary list of writers and entertainers suspected, sometimes, of no more than lending a name as a "co-sponsor" of an event that was determined to have been "subversive."
Your quote refers to
a group of 10 only.
The blacklist came into being in 1947,
both houses of the 80th Congress between 1947 and 1949 were controlled by Republicans.
The blacklist included entertainers, writers, singers, actors...who were unable to find work and who's work was outlawed. A dozen or so political songs by Tom Leher were black listed and my parents got his records overseas (they were illegal in the US).
Don't you think that's the rightwing coming down on free speech?
Who were the "right" in Kent State?
Actually Kent state isn't a good example, so I'll withdraw it - it was far more complicated then a free speech issue.
Protests by leftists often turn into trouble. Do you think that Republicans should just let civil unrest and rioting continue to "allow" leftist speech? That's besides the fact nobody "stopped" their free speech, just put in regulations to try and control the mongrels.
My last example is exactly the right (Republicans) coming down against free speech by attempting to control demonstrations at college campus' rather than leave it up to the colleges.
Mongrels? Your choice of language is interesting. Are the Tea Partiers yelling down elected representatives trying to answer constituent questions "mongrels"?