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From the Right

• Noah Millman in The American Conservative:

“Violence is the opposite of communication; it is, in fact, an expression of the belief that communication is impossible. So responding to violence by calling for self-censorship has it precisely backward.”

Heated political rhetoric has nothing to do with the shooting in Alexandria, Va., this week, writes Mr. Millman. What our “acute politico-tribal polarization” does lead to, at least partially, is the impulse to politicize such tragedies, he says. He goes on to argue that we should not self-censor for fear that someone will take our words the wrong way, and that we should speak “as if we know those who disagree with us, even fervently, are also listening” — a sentiment that readers of this series on partisan writing should find familiar. Read more »

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• Robert Tracinski in The Federalist:

“Freedom, as they say, is not free, and this is one of its unfortunate costs.”

Mr. Tracinski writes admiringly of Representative Mo Brooks’s defense of Second Amendment rights “just hours after he was literally under fire.” Deep down, Mr. Tracinski says, Mr. Brooks, Republican of Alabama, understands that freedom means recognizing people’s rights “even when some of the consequences might be bad.” Read more »