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Old 05-25-2011, 02:51 PM
 
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Ed Shultz called Laura Ingraham a ****. Tell me that isn't crossing the line and completely misogynistic as well as ignorant. But maybe he's entitlesd, he after all a *****, somebody who jumped to liberla talk radio only becuse his career was going nowhere in the more competetive conservative talk radio circuit.
MSNBC sure can find them. Michael Smerconish did the same thing when MSNBC dangled a little money and a chance for national exposure under his nose.
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Old 05-25-2011, 02:52 PM
 
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Too bad the blowhard isn't banned here.
why do you loathe the first amendment?
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Old 05-25-2011, 02:53 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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why do you loathe the first amendment?
If agreeing or disagreeing is loathing the first amendment, then your post qualifies as such.

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Ed Shultz called Laura Ingraham a ****. Tell me that isn't crossing the line and completely misogynistic as well as ignorant. But maybe he's entitlesd, he after all a *****, somebody who jumped to liberla talk radio only becuse his career was going nowhere in the more competetive conservative talk radio circuit.
MSNBC sure can find them. Michael Smerconish did the same thing when MSNBC dangled a little money and a chance for national exposure under his nose.
What is your take on the Helen Thomas episode?
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Old 05-25-2011, 02:54 PM
 
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I find Rush to be entertaining, but Mr. Savage is something of a looney. The only person that out does Savage in the looney department is Beck.
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Old 05-25-2011, 02:57 PM
 
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If agreeing or disagreeing is loathing the first amendment, then your post qualifies as such.
how is asking a question agreeing or disagreeing with anything?
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Old 05-25-2011, 03:01 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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how is asking a question agreeing or disagreeing with anything?
You responded to a post that had an opinion. You called that opinion as loathing free speech.
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Old 05-25-2011, 03:05 PM
 
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If agreeing or disagreeing is loathing the first amendment, then your post qualifies as such.
That poster wants him to be banned here. That's more like loathing than disagreeing.
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Old 05-25-2011, 03:05 PM
 
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You responded to a post that had an opinion. You called that opinion as loathing free speech.
what was it that i agreed or disagreed with?
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Old 05-25-2011, 03:10 PM
 
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what was it that i agreed or disagreed with?
You see people agreeing with the Brit approach as enemies to free speech. When you have the capacity to be that polar, you've the tendency to be one who believes in suppressing speech unless it is in agreement with your whim.
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Old 05-25-2011, 03:22 PM
 
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Actually, it is found in the constitution of many other countries, including the UK. However, most of those those countries do not shy away from openly acknowledging what is unacceptable. In the USA, such restrictions are undocumented, so "completely free" is merely a lip service to present the perception of free speech as the reality.

I believe there is a Human Rights Commission in Canada that rules on matters of "hate speech", is there not? And in Germany revisionist historians have served prison time for their comments about the Holocaust. Geert Wilders, the outspoken Dutch critic of the growing influence of Muslims in Europe, has had his share of problems in the Netherlands. Australia has an implied freedom of speech.

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But Dutch judges moved in January 2009 to try Mr Wilders for inciting hatred and discrimination. Explaining their decision, they said: "By attacking the symbols of the Muslim religion, he also insulted Muslim believers. In a democratic system, hate speech is considered to be so serious that it is in the general interest to draw a clear line."
BBC News - Profile: Geert Wilders

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The High Court of Australia has found an implied guarantee of freedom of political speech in the Constitution. This means that Australians are free to talk about politics. But that's it.
All other forms of speech can be restricted by Parliament. For example, the federal Parliament passed extensive sedition laws recently. In Australia, the internet is censored. And many computer games, books and films are banned or censored.
No other country that I am aware of has the same degree of "freedom of speech" that the US has.
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