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题目: Free speech is admirable in any society, yet with that right comes a great responsibility.
(V): I agree with that statement. Much of what is spewed by Beck, Limbaugh & their colleagues on right represent reckless & irresponsible speech. Beck himself has stated he fantasized on his show about killing someone. The statement was of course hypothetical but irresponsible.
As for disturbed people going on shooting sprees from obsessing over this type of garbage, it has already happened. Last year a man who walked into a Unitarian Church in Knoxville TN & opened fire. He said he did it to kill "liberals" in the trenches. The authorities found books & literature written by these "shock-jocks" on the right. I happen to know some of the people affected. So don't give me this crap about how they care only about policies. No, they can't be directly blamed for such acts. Ultimately, it was done by the individual. But, these instigators, who are paid great sums of money to get people in a frenzy, can incite violence & they do! We Americans need to be a little more careful who we worship.