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ANN ALTHOUSE IS UNHAPPY WITH ?THE MODERATE VOICE? over a Whole Foods boycott post. Well, it?s a gue?

By Glenn Reynolds

ANN ALTHOUSE IS UNHAPPY WITH “THE MODERATE VOICE” over a Whole Foods boycott post. Well, it’s a guest-post, so I dunno. But regardless of TMV’s general moderation, here’s the bit I liked:

I am all for freedom of speech. Mr. Mackey had every right to express his views on health care in the WSJ, even as anathema as those views might be to progressives. Similarly, we progressives have every right to decide whether or not we want to spend our food dollars in a store whose CEO clearly doesn?t support the most important progressive cause of the moment.

Fair enough. Of course, Obama’s plan — and Big Government in general — is all about ensuring that we don’t have the right to decide how to spend our dollars but should instead let somebody else take them at gunpoint and decide how they’re spent. If the health care “reform” passes, you won’t have the option of directing your dollars where you think they should go. And to the pro-Obamcare folks, that’s not a bug, it’s the whole point.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on August 16, 2009 (boomark / email).