With freedom comes responsibility. In the case of free speech, it is up to the populace to police its rhetorical standards. If they don't, others will stand in their stead and pronounce from on high. Or worse.

The political firebrands in the US need to stay the acerbic edge of their diatribes and cease the poisonous invectives that have lead to tragedy before; and here we are talking about the dangerous verbal environment precipitating the assassination of Prime Minister Rabin.