I support the right of the editorial board to make this call and publish it. I only wish they had done more with their right to free speech. I certainly don't begrudge them of it, though.
Maybe because I am not apathetic about my freedoms and rights is why it seemed gratuitous and, frankly, a little silly. But you're right in saying that that is a matter of taste.
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