The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #117493   Message #2561814
Posted By: John on the Sunset Coast
09-Feb-09 - 12:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: Israel Moves in.
Subject: RE: BS: Israel Moves in.
Nickhere--

In posting to you regarding David Irving on February 7, I quoted (actually misquoted) Hubert Humphrey. I have found the exact quote.

"The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously."

So I have now created the obverse corollary to his exquisite observation, "The right to free speech does not mean the right to be heard." By that I mean no one is obligated to give a person the platform to speak, and anyone within earshot of speech has the right to leave the speaker speaking to himself.