Look, I celebrate your right to freedom of speech, your right to share your opinion on health care, and indeed, your right to call your fellow Americans whatever the hell you please. But here are a few things to consider.

One: People who look like domestic terrorists scare away customers. You are standing in front of a business, and there's a strong likelihood that the capitalist who operates it would like you to go away.

Two: Shit happens. It's only a matter of time before some responsible gun owner comes home from one of these anti-universal Health Care events and leaves a firearm unattended, whereupon his kid will pick up the gun and shoot his baby sister in the face. Now: when that little girl shows up at one of the many trauma centers that those of us who aren't blinded by ideology are struggling to figure out how to pay for, what is your group going to do to help cover her bills? Pass the fucking hat?

Three: As I mentioned before, you guys are using the rhetoric, philosophy and activities of domestic terrorism. It's all just fun and war games until one of your compadres blows up a federal building and with it, a daycare center full of kids. I remember Timothy McVeigh. I remember the day. I remember the faces of the victims, their parents, their children.  I remember one of the dads who lost his wonderful daughter and dedicated his life to trying to forgive that son of a bitch. I remember Tim McVeigh's own dad, a decent enough guy, struggling to understand how his son could have shrugged off the death of children.

Where I'm going with this is that freedom brings with it a responsibility to look out for the common good, and that's what all us so-called "socialists" are trying to do here, figure out some way to provide health care for everybody at a price that won't break the bank. I don't see how standing there like a tool, impeding legitimate commerce, scaring your fellow Americans and putting people in danger is contributing to that goal.

To sum it up, you're free to work for the common good, or you can use your freedom to be a total asshole. Your decision--but if you decide to apply yourself to creating a solution along with the majority instead of pimping out your minority position with firearms, we'll be happy to see you at the solution table.

Now, get out of my way please. I'd like to go in and drink my goddamned coffee in peace.