Noise #132: "You keep speaking, and I’ll stand guard"

Free speech, violent threats, and a path towards un-warping America

A New York Times editorial this week describes how right-wing violent threats are warping life in America.

Decent people are driven from public office, the article states. Dissenters are terrified into silence.

Writer David French talks about a time when he himself earned the threat of a bullet to the face, and how a young sheriff’s deputy—most likely o…