Matt Taibbi: Saying no is very American

"One thing we all have in common, or most of us have in common, is that most everybody here has been censored. The issues were all different, but pretty much everybody here disagreed with authority to voices about something. Saying no is very American, from don't tread on me to nuts to you cannot be serious, defiance is in our DNA. Now disagreement is seen as a threat and must be hammered out of existence, according to John Kerry. The former presidential candidate just the other day, you heard about this, he complained at a World Economic Forum meeting that it's quote, really hard to govern and our First Amendment stands as a major block to the important work of hammering out unhealthy choices. I was telling Tim Poole about this backstage and he said, he asked, was black ooze pouring out of his mouth when he said this? Kerry added that it's really hard to build consensus. And he told forum members that they need to win the right to govern and be free to implement change.
First Amendment definitely, but more importantly, us, complainers. That is our shared experience. We are obstacles to consensus."