Our democracy has taken a hit," Gore said. "Our best protection is free and open debate."
Al apparently is against “common” people, as consumers, making free choices regarding acceptable terms of “debate.”
However, he and Tipsy led the charge to have the government label acceptable and unacceptable music lyrics in the eighties.
The "common folk" are apparently too stupid for the task, and should concede their choices to Al and Tipsy.