You are mistaken about republican/conservatives fantasies being about silencing anyone, as is Shannyn. You, like Shannyn, are welcome to your opinions but expect opposition to those opinions when they are based on false information. As has been seen on many campuses and in many cities and towns, conservative thought and speech are censored by those who falsely claim that conservatives are racist, sexist or any other ist, you can think of. The party that embodies those traits in their history is the democratic party. I know that has to be unsettling but it is the truth. In many ways, the modern democratic party has left those traits behind but falsely accusing that republicans/conservatives have become what the democrats once were, is a completely false claim.