In a Texas City Sun column that ran shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, 23-year-old reporter Tom Gutting wrote a particularly harsh criticism of President Bush and his leadership skills. Shortly afterward, Gutting was fired, and the editor and publisher of the paper ran a front-page apology for the column.
Where does the right to free speech begin and end? In light of the horrific events of Sept. 11, does any American have the right to criticize President Bush? Well, yes. But there is an ocean of difference between criticism and adolescent bad-mouthing.
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