You know, I really dislike the idea of "Free Speech Zones." They're offensive to free speech, they're offensive to democracy, and they're really offensive in that they are used to enable chronically-lying nincompoops like Mitt Romney to stay in their bubbles and pretend that nobody thinks they're terrible, horrible, no good, very bad people.
But the reality is, like them or not, we have Free Speech Zones. So if we're going to have them, then let's have them. Why should they only be enforced against our side?
Lets ask our representatives to introduce a law that puts Free Speech Zones to the best possible use I can think of: by allowing women's health clinics and funeral processions to request that police move protesting religious zealots into Free Speech Zones.
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