This is what the “free speech zone” looks like at the Democratic convention in Boston. In case you don’t believe this - I agree it’s somewhat hard to believe - check out this photo album and this background article. What does this all tell us about the state of the democracy?

PS: And this is what a popular Democratic weblog has to say about it. You know, the kind of weblog that slams Republicans for undermining the Constitution and that praises John Kerry as the guy who’ll save American democracy.