So where's the limit? Is there one? Compare Daytime and Primetime programming 30 years ago to today. We once lived in a nation with standards. The sponsors will buy advertising on programming that sells. If we tell them we won't buy their product, they won't support certain programming. That's what killed CBS' hit piece on Ronald Reagan.
Or would you rather we continue in this direction?
You answered your own question. Sponsors won’t pay for programming that doesn’t sell, so if America is offended, they’ll stop the programming themselves so they don’t lose money. We can’t mandate programming to Americans telling them “it’s good for you.” This is a nation of standards, but it was founded on liberty; being able to choose what we want, not what the government says is good for us. Liberty has its down sides, but trying to fix those down sides would make things even worse. If people want to put themselves at risk by watching certain programming, that’s up to them. Just like some people decide to eat unhealthy foods, smoke, or not wear sunscreen. Freedom to fail is just as important as freedom to succeed. A life protected from anything bad is no life at all.
“Yes, but if we ban what we don’t like, we’ll look no better than these “fairness” doctrine supporting leftists.”
Why do we care what the left thinks? Do you think that’s going to change them? Do they care what we think?
We keep trying to be “fair,” but the left keeps gaining ground.
I have even been attacked for starting this thread. That’s OK, I can handle it, because I know I’m right.
Conservatives are being manipulated and desensitized and don’t even know it. The left speaks up, which is why they get their way.
“So where’s the limit? Is there one? Compare Daytime and Primetime programming 30 years ago to today. We once lived in a nation with standards. The sponsors will buy advertising on programming that sells. If we tell them we won’t buy their product, they won’t support certain programming. That’s what killed CBS’ hit piece on Ronald Reagan.”
Exactly. And if we don’t speak up, it will only get worse.