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Fight for Free Speech

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I looked briefly for some New Mexicans in that oddly creepy, dimly-lit “free speech” cage that convention organizers set up for protesters outside the FleetCenter, but couldn’t find any. That’s not to say they weren’t there, but by the third day of the convention it seemed few protesters even bothered to show up.

I understand the concerns about security and all, but it’s sad that we’ve reached a point in our society where free speech has to be confined to a chain-link fence.

One man — a protester inside the cag — saw my media badge as I walked away from the cage and shook the fence to get my attention.

“Mr. Media Man — does this look like free speech to you,” he yelled as his fingers clutched the wire fence.

“Barely,” I thought, as I shuffled off to the convention hall.

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