GUEST,Lavengro wrote:
"However, speaking as a left wing type person, I am disturbed by the fact that a gay man decides he doesn't like what he is hearing, and so uses his position to censor what is being said.
To me there seems to be a bit of a glut of this type of action by the left at the moment and it disturbs me. Why? Because someone who claims to be a liberal, and then won't allow for other opinions to be held and voiced is (IMO) the polar opposite of liberal."

Dan Schatz didn't censor Michelle Shocked. No one did. Neither he nor anyone else on this thread censored her. I haven't even seen anyone call for censorship.
Disagreeing with someone else's opinions or statements is not censorship. Saying that someone should not have made the statements is not preventing their free speech. Walking out on a performance that you don't want to hear isn't censorship. Refusing to hire someone or provide them with a vehicle to express opinions with which you do not agree is not denying them free speech.
Mr. Schatz, Ms. Shocked's audiences, owners of venues and radio stations and you and I have every right to disagree with Ms. Shocked's opinions and to express our disagreement. That's free speech.