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Originally Posted by oly884
What are your views on Bill Maher, Janeane Garofalo, and other leftists who use similar tones and name calling? Just curious...
Meh.
I like Bill Maher, he can be pretty funny. I loved Religulous.
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My point is not whether Glenn Beck is crazy, or if you (or me) agrees with him. My point is that you have pieces of crap trying to say that a person, such as Beck, shouldn't be on air. If he was saying such crazy things, then he will eventually be gone because people have the FREEDOM to CHOOSE whether to listen to him or not, but there are complete idiots out there that want to make 'exceptions' to the rules to limit speech that they find offensive (you and I are offended by different things, so would it be OK for me to censor you because I don't like what you had to say? answer: no). That is the problem, so please don't turn this into "what he says, has said, or will say" because I'm not interested in debating that.
I have no problem with him being on the air.
It's just unfortunate so many people buy into what he's saying. Not simply because I disagree with him, but because I believe he's exploiting peoples fears, giving them an "answer", and is sensational for ratings sake.
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You either believe in freedom of speech, or you don't. There's no bubble gum forest and cute bunnies where "freedom of speech" is everyone talking nicely to each other.
Haha, so dramatic.
You reminded me of this scene:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/33844/the-...d-of-chocolate
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It's either all ok, or none of it is, and the very second an exception is made is the second we all lose because while you're pal may be in office now, someone you may not like will be in there at some point, and perhaps you'll understand where I'm coming from...
You mean like the previous 8 years?
I'm all for freedom of speech. I just think a lot of the protesting going on now is unfortunately divisive, ignorant, and backwards.
Substantial/reasonable disagreements with policy? Bring it on.
Calling Obama a secret Muslim Nazi socialist from Kenya who wants to kill old people? Embarrassing and disgraceful.