Freedom of Expression *and* Association

I credit Gail-Tzipporah for not trying to get people fired for bigotry, and I've written several op-eds in recent years decrying the overabundance of PC in our society. And yet...

Sarah Palin recently fumed that her own provocative "freedom of speech" about Obama being a terrorist-coddler was being threatened by journalists who called out her demagoguery. Nope. I'm just mirroring your "freedom of speech" with my freedom to shun you for what you speak. It works for both sides of the aisle, as when a San Francisco DJ was fired this week for a rant against Joe the Plumber.

I wrote a column several years ago in which I called for Muslims to drive out those who express hatred as vigorously as American society has begun to punish our own Marge Schotts for public bigotry. That column ran in the very conservative, very un-PC Wall Street Journal.

Again, I laud Gail-T's bigness about bigotry, and I think it's a good model for other minorities. But Buck Burnette crossed a line, yelling "N" at a virtual Klan rally. The Texas coaches weren't required to boot him, but they're certainly entitled to.