Last week’s CVN contained a letter titled “Run the town, don’t stir the pot.” The commenter stated that “stirring the pot” with rants and misinformation polarizes and divides the community, and that running the town requires working together through “communication, coordination and compromise.” While I agree working together is important, I would offer there is First Amendment value in “stirring the pot,” whether from provocative opinionated speech or from reasoned fact-based argument.
In Terminiello v.…