I've laughed at Bill Maher a couple of times, shrug, which makes him a better comedian than Rush in my opinion...
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:348351 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
