Reply #28: Complaints are meant to be voiced in the public forum. That is where free speech matters [View All]

[Oregone]

Votes are meant to be cast in an election, where they matter. A complaint is not and will never be a vote.

Although one may not exist to the representative as a fraction of a hundredth of a percent, they can exist in the public forum to influence hundreds of thousands of others with the power of free speech (which does impact that representative that they supposedly do not exist to).

No one should have to perform any act to be considered American enough to be "credible". Frankly, it is a really dangerous precedent to set. Judge those on the content that they contribute, especially journalists, rather than an irrelevant act they may or may not do in their free time that is considered private. Your reasoning gives Bill Reilly more means to complain than someone who bases their career on the pursuit of truth. This is not an approach consistent with a fair and reasonable society.

"How can I even listen to their complaint when they refuse to voice it in the place where it matters?"