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| ngc1514 | Dec 21 2013, 11:16 AM Post #21 |
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Further evidence, if any was needed, that life is too short to waste it on television. |
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| tomdrobin | Dec 21 2013, 12:43 PM Post #22 |
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People say stupid things all the time on TV. Actually he didn't say it on TV, but in an interview. I think we have become to hyper PC when it comes to race and sexual orientation. It's their right to fire him if they want, but there will be a lot of blowback. A simple disclaimer IMO would suffice, saying the views of those on the program are not necessarily those of the producers etc. |
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| Deleted User | Dec 21 2013, 10:11 PM Post #23 |
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Why are republicans so ignorant They keep saying it's an attack on free speech |
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| ngc1514 | Dec 21 2013, 11:45 PM Post #24 |
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Everything we do or say has consequences. No one stopped the bearded redneck from exercising his right to free speech. |
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| Neutral | Dec 21 2013, 11:53 PM Post #25 |
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It's evident some have no knowledge at all about who these people are. |
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| Pat | Dec 22 2013, 12:03 AM Post #26 |
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After reading a bit more on al of this, it seems that A&E was arm twisted by a gay organization GLADD to take action. Again, this flys in the face of reason, nobody has to tune into a cable TV station for entertainment. In fact you see more risqué programming on cable because they are not regulated in the same manner that public airway broadcasters are. GLADD and it's members want to force acceptance of their lifestyle while limiting objective comments by others. It's their right to do so but according to the GLADD head in an article, the backlash is something they have never witnessed. I think gays lose to in the end, given that most in that article and it is millions, believe that Robinson's free speech was infringed. So let's look at this logically, we now have witnessed a decades long struggle by a class of people to be accepted, to be allowed to live alongside the rest of us in peace and tranquility. To anger millions of your neighbors by attacking what we all know to be a bigot and religious zealot is stupid. Maybe the gay community needs to boycott GLADD for putting it in such a position. Nothing like being out in the open as a gay, buying the house with the white picket fence and introducing your kids and family to the neighbors. And then having a radical organization piss off the fans of the most popular TV cast and show, who happen to be your neighbors. |
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| campingken | Dec 22 2013, 04:33 AM Post #27 |
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Pat, There was, and probably still is, a large % of the population in the USA who believed that Saddam was responsible for 9-11. Why would you except the average person to understand free speech? They let people like Palin and Limbaugh explain it to them. |
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| ngc1514 | Dec 22 2013, 04:37 AM Post #28 |
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GLADD was just exercising their right to free speech. A&E had the choice to ignore either the bearded redneck or GLADD or both. |
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| Sea Dog | Dec 22 2013, 04:44 AM Post #29 |
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Why are right wingers so intolerant of gays? What possible difference can it make to them? |
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| Mountainrivers | Dec 22 2013, 04:51 AM Post #30 |
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Because they're bigots! |
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