This quote is from Haraldson's Edicts of Equity in Sheri S. Tepper's science fiction book Six Moon Dance . Liberty has two legs.
Vigilance is certainly one, but civility is the other.
Pinkboard has been a place where people have generally been able to express opinions that may not be popularly held. However the expression of such opinions has often led to personal abuse and other incivilities. The perpetrators have then refused all but the most drastic attempts to moderate their debate and steer it back into civility. They further argue that such attempts are removing their right of freedom of speech. Rights come with responsibilities .