This is about the CEO of a corporation who uses his money to promote anti-gay bigotry and some big city mayors who were so annoyed by it that they talked out of their butts. Now we have the Left organizing a boycott and the Right trying to defend this corporation by falsely claiming that their free speech is being attacked. Since the big city mayors can't actually make good on their threats this isn't about protecting free speech. This is about a boycott from the Left and an attempt by the Right to blunt the effects of that boycott. So far, so good. But then along comes "The Liberty and Freedom Foundation" one of those astroturf right-wing nutjob groups that has hijacked the very concept of liberty and freedom to push their conservative agenda out to a stupid, gullible, tax-hating, Obama-fearing public. Let's review some of their recent Facebook posts: ANOTHER DIRTY OBAMA TRICK - PENTAGON LAYOFF NOTIFICATIONS TO BE DELAYED UNTIL AFTER ELECTION AND HERE C...
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