This type of thing should make every one of us cringe. Free speech — even when it’s offensive, ugly, and profoundly wrong — is the right of every Amercan. The way to counteract ugliness and prejudice is to shine the light on it, refute it, and show it for the garbage it is. You don’t ban it. Let’s hope Erskine Bowles and the commission members choose to restrain any impulse they might have to implement a ban on speech.