"Freedom of speech is fine but by God you don't do it publicly"
by digby
So, singer John Legend made a patriotic plea for the Israeli government to treat the United States' Secretary of State with more respect:
Here's the patriotic right's answer:
What a lovely guy. It reminds me of the good old days, only then they took the opposite tack and told people to shut up if they criticized the government. Why, if I didn't know better, I'd think they were partisan hacks who want to shut up anyone who doesn't agree with them.
By the way, in case you didn't know it, this popular right wing meme was created by Cercei Lannister (aka Laura Ingraham) in her book called "Shut Up and Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN Are Subverting America" which predated the Dixie Chicks controversy. The people issuing the death threats got it from her toxic screed. As did Podhoretz.
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