Many of those approached said that they wanted the paramilitary and community murals to be a focal point, paintings that many regard as legitimate forms of cultural expression.
Verbal and written expression is often taken for granted, as though it magically appeared at some point in time with an already vast vocabulary and set syntax.
And as Richard Hofstadter wrote at one point, that fear is natural in American discourse when people - or is a natural expression in American discourse when people see something threatening their social position or their social situation.