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Subject: Re: P.S.


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Date Posted: 05:12:57 10/03/07 Wed
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In reply to: Jimmy 's message, "Re: P.S." on 05:35:32 10/01/07 Mon
 >"What do you mean? Liberals have been at the forefront
>in getting controversial figures kicked off the air.
>Remember what happened to Dr. Laura?"
>
>Perhaps my scope needs a bit of altering then. I've
>always assumed that liberals, like Donohue, believed
>in allowing their opponents the time to speak for two
>reasons: the first, now concluded to be ostensible, is
>so that we'll all have it; and the second was so that
>they could smash down the sheer lunacy of the fringe.

Donahue is more representative of talk show hosts than liberals. They'll do anything for ratings. And while civil libertarians are more common on the left than on the right, the left has its share of censorial ideas. It's the left who came up with speech codes, after all, and there's implicitly an element of censorship in hate crime legislation. Of course, even civil libertarians do not necessarily argue that the people whose constitutional rights are being trampled deserve to be given a platform.

>Who is going to take a Holocaust denier seriously?

Ask your buddy, Mel.

>But a flat-earth theorist...why not? Ever been outside
>our planet? Taken a look at it? They could be lying.

Even the Ancient Greeks knew that the earth was a sphere.

>My fear is that a scumbag like Ahminididddyjad gains
>more power by being banished. Let him speak; let him
>make a fool of himself.

I'm not sure making a fool of him is the best approach. It can give us a false sense of complacency. Remember how we treated Hitler at the time?

>"I personally don't think Dr. Laura should have been
>shafted. I was no fan of her program, and I didn't
>agree with her stance against gay adoption."
>
>Sure you didn't. You have two hetero parents.

What's that supposed to mean?

>Just because the
>people in charge of filtering our news right are noble
>men (and women) doesn’t mean that will always be the
>case.

Of course not. And I would even question that "just because" assumption.

>You are giving them the power to decide what the
>masses get to hear.

What's your alternative?

>"...in these circumstances, because very few people
>would argue that every view must be given a platform
>on the networks. “
>
>Again, is this platform written in stone? Because if
>so, that means the networks have a lot of power.

They do, but extremists now have the Internet.
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