[Element187]

Liberals are making noise in Washington – left-wing activists will gather near the Capitol Tuesday night and bang pots and pans to drown out President Bush’s State of the Union address.

something tells me that wont be loud enough to reach the floor inside, and on top of that to go through closed doors and someone how be louder then the microphone the president will be speaking on... talk about futile attempts.

[Turbo Pig]

... talk about futile attempts.

You are missing the point. It's form, over substance with these people. They "feel" like they are making a difference, so they "must" be. Doesn't matter that it is empty rhetoric and gestures. Heck, the truth doesn't even matter! All that matters is that they "feel" they are making a difference. Shoot, if they are able to do so at someone else's expense; say through wealth redistribution, or lax national security, that's all the better.

[Kellis91789]

Whether it reaches inside or not, this tactic still bothers me.

When did the right to free speech get re-defined as the right to drown out people whose speech you don't like ?

The 1st Amendment was supposed to guarantee open and civil discourse, not this kind of crap.