> Given what I know about Americans and our love of free speech and guns, I don't find the threats and abuse that Rick Byers claims to be receiving to be ironic

> Given what I know about Americans and our love of free speech and guns, I don't find the threats and abuse that Rick Byers claims to be receiving to be ironic at all. It's also not a new or uncommon reaction when people see something they care about being destroyed but feel powerless to stop it. For example, this well known quote: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/605697 https://www.azquotes.com/quote/605697