Kirsten Powers writes at the Daily Beast that anti-free speech zones (at abortion clinics) could come back to haunt liberals in the future. This is in terms of McCullen v. Coakley, which was just heard at the Supreme Court, a case in which the state of Massachusetts created a law that establishes a buffer zone of 35 feet near abortion clinics. This simply restricts pro-life proponents. She goes on to write
What is perhaps most disturbing is that the Massachusetts law was created by people who call themselves liberal. It is also being defended by an assortment of liberals from the ACLU to Planned Parenthood. Which raises an obvious question: Is it now liberal to oppose free speech?
Yes, yes it is, Kirsten. At least from the hard-cores, the Progressives, who do all they can to shut down speech they disagree with, even going so far as to pass laws. Calling people racists, name calling, ad hominem attacks, saying “the science is settled”, controlling the majority of the media, writing letters to news outlets telling them not to publish certain points of view, claiming offense, claiming “hate”, inventing a “right”, etc. Leftists do not like allowing people to disagree.
