tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post4567108454118394021..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: "Crude Comments"David Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-23367381486979666702007-05-15T22:41:00.000-07:002007-05-15T22:41:00.000-07:00The argument you'll be hearing from folks like Kal...The argument you'll be hearing from folks like Kalesy, and that I was hearing with the Imus controversy, is that "if you don't like it, don't listen." If you protest, if you boycott, if you do *anything* to indicate your massive disapproval of what's played, that's silencing Opie, Anthony and Imus. (Forget that in the case of Imus, the airwaves belong to the public.)<BR/><BR/>It's an interesting argument. I can give a little credit to those who say that we should not have instituted laws prohibiting racial discrimination, that such laws intrude improperly on individual freedoms. But even those folks never have said, "And what was with the protests and the boycotts against discriminatory businesses? That's interfering with their freedom to discriminate too!"PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-44101072437517890902007-05-15T19:29:00.000-07:002007-05-15T19:29:00.000-07:00Kalesy: The transcript indicates otherwise.And sto...Kalesy: The transcript indicates otherwise.<BR/><BR/>And stop massacring Voltaire's meaning--he's rolling in his grave. I'll explain it slowly.<BR/><BR/>I <I>do</I> hate what the shock jocks say, I think they have a <I>right</I> to say it, but I have a <I>right</I> to argue that XM radio should not be associating with their message. Rights are not the same thing as venue--the first amendment protects the words, not the microphone.David Schraubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-79668623493905481182007-05-15T19:06:00.000-07:002007-05-15T19:06:00.000-07:00If you actually listened to the show, you would kn...If you actually listened to the show, you would know that the laughter heard on the show was disbelief expressed at the outrageousness of this homeless man "Charlie" and the ridiculousness of his fantasies.<BR/><BR/>O&A were suspended and there wasn't even a "media storm."<BR/><BR/>So much for "I hate what you say but I will go to my death for your right to say it."Lady McHerbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389649081245892804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-59169659936739576572007-05-11T17:40:00.000-07:002007-05-11T17:40:00.000-07:00Are you kidding?Rice is a Republican. Rape jokes a...Are you kidding?<BR/><BR/>Rice is a Republican. Rape jokes are acceptable against black Republican women.section9https://www.blogger.com/profile/08956773307014115891noreply@blogger.com