Political liberty is nothing else but the diffusion of power.
Abuse is the very hallmark of liberty.
You ought not to be ashamed of being bored. What you ought to be ashamed of is being boring.
The moment politics becomes dull, democracy is in danger.
I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.
The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.