Tombstone Politics
New York Times, January 9, 2011
By Timothy Egan
If it turns out that a poisonous variant of free speech is partially to blame for the shootings in Tucson, we will most certainly be struck by the fact that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was seen last week in Congress, reading part of the Constitution that allows an American citizen to say just about anything. But as Giffords herself also pointed out, when she was a target because of her vote on health care reform, free speech does have a cost.
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