Chris Hedges, former New York Times and NPR reporter, via Volokh:

This is the awful paradox of tolerance. There arise moments when those who would destroy the tolerance that makes an open society possible should no longer be tolerated. They must be held accountable by institutions that maintain the free exchange of ideas and liberty.

The radical Christian Right must be forced to include other points of view to counter their hate talk in their own broadcasts, watched by tens of millions of Americans. They must be denied the right to demonize whole segments of American society, saying they are manipulated by Satan and worthy only of conversion or eradication...

The paradox of tolerance is that, of course, we shouldn't allow people to disagree with us or say we're bad. We must destroy the first amendment to save it, you know. ;-)

As far as "eradication", that appears to be a lie: I don't know of any major Christian movement advocating the "eradication" of non-adherants. But hey, I even stand by Chris Hedges' right to publish hate-filled lies like those.

I wonder: would Hedges be willing to share half of his column space with me, so I could refute publicly what he said? Would The Nation be willing to spend half of it's publishing costs directly subsidizing "right-wing" speech? I mean, let's be serious: if the fairness doctrine is a good idea, why shouldn't we go all the way with it? Or is it only "Christians" who must be "balanced"?