Ironic that you used the term "asinine" on SOMEONE ELSE's post.

Dems were cancelling town halls 7 years ago when Tea Party members were gaming the system to turn them into publicity stunts, and now when the shoe is on the other foot you feign outrage and pretend only one side does it.  That's rich.  

What's WRONG is ruining town halls for the constituents that honestly and respectfully want to participate in a reasonable exchange of information.  A***ole activists ruin that for everyone when they swarm the place just to cause chaos so they can get it on TV, embarrassing the Congressperson.  It's a clear political stunt for political gain.  The fact that you can't even see that that's what's been happening with town halls over the last decade for the party in power (during BOTH periods and parties) is really sad.  

As such, other forms of constituent communication that can't be gamed as a political stunt are replacing in-person town halls. Thank the a***ole activists for that one.