When Does Disapproval Become Coercion?

by Chris Bodenner

In a sharp and nuanced post, Wendy Kaminer warns liberals who both condemn Cordoba critics and want Dr. Laura off the air:

[L:]inguisticbans enforced by social disapprobation are not legal bans that violateFirst Amendment rights, and Schlessinger's critics have their ownrights to shame or boycott her and other speakers they disdain.  Butthey have no right not to be offended, and if she should be wary ofencouraging bigotry, so should her liberal critics, as the furor overthe...