Censoring opinion or upholding the law?

This past weekend, liberal bloggers, politicians and activists got together for YearlyKos, an annual convention held this year in Chicago.

Among the visitors this year was Sergeant David Aguina, who has put himself smack dab in the middle of a blogging slugfest by engaging in political discourse while in uniform. That kind of behavior is strictly forbidden, and he was quickly admonished for it by the speaking panel, which consisted of an Army Reserve Captain and Retired General Wesley Clark.

The conservative blogging world has been trying to spin the event as a case of progressives censoring dissenting opinion. The progressives, meanwhile, are arguing that it was purely a matter of following the law.

Lost in all of this is, of course, Sargeant Aguina’s desire to bring people together, not drive them apart. And where is he’s appearing tonight, in order to further his cause? The O’Reilly Factor.

We can only asume the bickering will continue.

More on:
Video of panel’s reaction to Sergeant Aguina here.
Video of Sergeant Aguina’s comments and subsequent interview here.
Daily Kos full account of what happened here.
Interview with Sargeant Aguina the next day here and author commentary here.

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