Democrat Karen Bass, speaker of the California Assembly, in the LA Times.

Q: How do you think conservative talk radio has affected the Legislature’s work?

A: The Republicans were essentially threatened and terrorized against voting for revenue. Now [some] are facing recalls. They operate under a terrorist threat: “You vote for revenue and your career is over.” I don’t know why we allow that kind of terrorism to exist. I guess it’s about free speech, but it’s extremely unfair.

The conservative-talk-as-terrorism meme is persistent. Remember, the left kept bitching about (non existent) censorship and claimed dissent was patriotic. But that’s only when they’re talking.