Bill Maher is a 'hate speaker'? He's a comedian...and a mediocre one at that, in my opinion.
I disagree with a lot of your positions, am I a 'hate speaker' too? On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > But... > Obama did not return the $million from hate speaker Bill Maher. > And...David Axelrod just agreed to appear on Maher's show. That's > sounds like presidential endorsement of misogyny and should be "called > out" > Don;t ya think? > > . > > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: >> >> It isn't a matter of "shutting them up". Much as I may dislike Rush >> Limbaugh, I'm not petitioning Congress to never allow him to appear on >> an FCC-licensed radio station or anything. >> >> You call people out and say, "this isn't ok". You use your power of >> speech help make it known that this sort of thing, in your opinion, is >> not acceptable. And the more people that speak up, the louder that >> message becomes. Currently, there is a loud enough and large enough >> set of voices out there expressing their disapproval of Limbaugh that >> things are changing. Will it change the nature of his discourse on his >> program long term? Will it change the nature of discourse in general >> in the media long term? I don't know. I can hope but then again, >> Limbaugh has been through this particular gauntlet many times before >> and obviously there has been no long term change in his behavior. We >> shall see. >> >> As for Rhodes, I really don't know enough about her to say much of >> anything categorical. If this type of violent rhetoric is her norm, it >> sounds pretty egregious. It also sounds like she has already been >> kicked off at least one network, so perhaps the disapproval of her is >> already working to marginalize her vitriol. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348330 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
