I think the problem is that people don ' t recognize the importance of certain things in government . They just think whatever they think , and if they disagree with what a man is saying and think he shouldn ' t be that way , they want him to stop , and it ends there . But the freedom of citizens to speak is of far greater importance than the opinion of one man . Censorship cannot be tolerated , whether it agrees with your world view or not . That ' s the crux of the issue . If you don ' t like what someone is saying , then say it loud . That ' s the way it works . If you agree with everything that comes out public officials ' mouths , there ' s a problem . It ' s not about being liberal , or conservative , or this , or that . It ' s about the freedom to be whichever one of those you want , or something different . And that is the most important thing . It is a fundamental necessity in order for citizens to be free . We should never put our own personal views in front of that . Freedom to speak , freedom to privacy , freedom of the press , all of these things are far more important than promoting our own personal world view , and we should never ever compromise any of those to that end , no matter how noble we may deem our worldview to be .