Simple Question(s)

First, if it is a brave and gutsy move for a woman to show her breasts online, would it be equally as brave and gutsy for a man to show, say, his butt? That's actually not a snarky question. Is it the same thing? If so, why? If not, why not?

Now another equally important question. Given this quote:

Blaine, who just finished teaching a class on scandal in literature, asks of her anonymous critic, "How un-American can you be? Why are you in college if you have so little faith in the diversity of opinion that is the entire point of a liberal education?"

How is Ms. Blaine's right to expression less protected than is John McCain's? I mean this quite seriously. If she should not be criticized for showing her breasts, why should John McCain be shouted down?

Just asking.

(Incidentally, I could not care less that she has chosen to do this. Her business.)