Everyone should have a chance to explain their poisition. If you start writing people off as loonies based on "sound bites" or before they can make their case, how is that any different than Fox News or Bill O'Reilly?
I don't think there's any more danger of censorship in North America or Europe, not in the classical sense. But what you have is a new form of censorship taking its place. Its self-censorship by the media and a mentality of intolerance by the people. That doesn't necesarilly mean anyone hear, just in general.
woah, way to be overly dramatic, eh?