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Originally Posted by LAJ
Well... the village idiots have other heroes they can pray to. We've endured this assclown for too many decades. Even if he loses his show, someone else will pick him up.
There will always be plenty of fodder worthy of your eloquent ridicule, Q ;)
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All that's true enough, but IMO all people should be free to say pretty much whatever comes to mind, be it brilliant, foolish or anywhere in between.
So long as a speaker's words don't cross the line into something actionable from a legal perspective (and even then, I think a very high legal standard should be applied when determining whether speech is defamatory), I'm inclined to let them keep saying it,
particularly if their continued ability to express themselves also tends to undermine the agenda they are trying to advance. ;-)
Naturally, if the people who sign Rush's paycheck decide he has become a liability larger than his ratings can justify, then it is absolutely within
their rights to hand Rush his walking papers; I'm just not of the mind that I need to join the chorus of voices trying to push him out the door.
It's not really "censorship" for people to tell Rush's boss that he needs to be pulled off the air, btw. That's all just a group of people exercising
their First Amendment rights and expressing their opinion to a broadcasting company, and Clear Channel has no obligation to give these anti-Limbaugh people what they are asking for. In the case of
true censorship, what you would have is the government telling Clear Channel that they have no choice but to take Rush off the air.
There is a huge difference between true censorship and what this petition drive represents; I just happen to be against both. I have no issue with other people signing that petition, it's just not for me.
