The suggestions concerning the best way to confront spam voiced by most members of the AnchorDesk staff are interesting and possibly valid. Unfortunately, one must not allow Liz's considerable misunderstanding of democracy to remain unopposed. Extremist Libertarianism is as much a threat to democratic values as totalitarianism. The argument that our essential freedoms are threatened when elected officials and appointed judges decide when to restrict a citizen's behavior is senseless.
Censorship is intrinsic to any human organization.
Everybody believes in censorship and people like Liz are merely lying to themselves when denying this inevitable fact. The only real question is where we draw the line. We regrettably cannot ignore instances involving the paradoxes of freedom. Democracies are premised upon the constant, never ending search for an often less than perfect response to conflicts of asserted rights. Nonetheless, I will concede that carefully devised checks and balances to guide the decisions of our leaders are mandatory.