  == Either side of the controversy split politically? ==  I'm new and not sure if I'm posting a debate for this page correctly. If not I apologize and request my post be moved to the proper area. My concern is that pro-free speech is represented by only republicans while anti-free speech is represented by only democrats. This makes democrats look extremely intolerant. Ultra-liberal author, professor and activist, Camille Paglia (who has her own Wiki page) said during a radio interview “I speak with authority here, because I was openly gay before the ‘Stonewall rebellion,’ when it cost you something to be so. And I personally feel as a libertarian that people have the right to free thought and free speech,”   She continued, “In a democratic country, people have the right to be homophobic as well as they have the right to support homosexuality — as I one hundred percent do. If people are basing their views against gays on the Bible, again they have a right of religious freedom there,”  Paglia went on to point out that while she is an atheist she respects religion and has been frustrated by the intolerance of gay activists.  “I think that this intolerance by gay activists toward the full spectrum of human beliefs is a sign of immaturity, juvenility,” Paglia said. “This is not the mark of a true intellectual life. This is why there is no cultural life now in the U.S. Why nothing is of interest coming from the major media in terms of cultural criticism. Why the graduates of the Ivy League with their A, A, A+ grades are complete cultural illiterates, etc. is because they are not being educated in any way to give respect to opposing view points.”  “There is a dialogue going on human civilization, for heaven sakes. It’s not just this monologue coming from fanatics who have displaced the religious beliefs of their parents into a political movement,” she added. “And that is what happened to feminism, and that is what happened to gay activism, a fanaticism.”  And the way the article is written on Wiki is exactly what's being highlighted in the controversy section. There are republicans that denounced the comments made by Phil and there are democrats that support his right to free speech... yet only republicans are listed in support and only democrats are listed in opposition. It makes democrats look extremely intolerant. Here is the source: http://dailycaller.com/2013/12/19/paglia-duck-dynasty-uproar-utterly-fascist-utterly-stalinist/  And I'm sure if someone bothered to look then they'd find equal representation by both parties on both sides.    