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When CNN's Leon Thomas asked antiwar cutie Janeane Garofalo last year why anyone should care what she has to say, her answer was basically, "Because you'll talk to me, and you won't talk to Noam Chomsky."

Cutie? Uggh. Noam Chomsky is actually cuter than Janeane. And just a wee bit stupider.

[Darkwolf377]

These idiots can say anything they want. Their problem is they think that because they are saying these things, they should not have to put up with anything but applause. When they do their thing, that's all they receive--accalim, applause--and now they're whining because when they TALK they don't get the same response.

Talk all you want. But unlike your little "Yes" Men and Women on your payroll, the folks in the audience PAY YOU, and THEY have the right to speak their minds, as well--even if what they're saying is "BOOOO!"

[stevio]

They have a right to their point of view and we have a right to tell them to shove it.

[Porterville]

I lost respect for Willie when he did the homosexual GAP AD.. yeah real country Willie... real Texan... outlaw man my Gap undies.... "I know who I am, I'm gonna do a GAP commercial at the age of 78" okay Willie you outlaw-you.... lost all respect.... tough to listen to Poncho an Lefty when the lead singer turned from cowboy to boytoy.

[RexBeach]

Whine, whine, whine. That's all these people do.

If it weren't for the courage of American soldiers(OVER THE AGES), none of these boneheads would be able to concoct such self-serving supercilious drivel in freedom.

Whining does not and never will defend and preserve freedom.

Noam Chomsky? No soup for you! Next!

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More from the Open your mouth and reap it club.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I admire the author's attempts at being objective and presenting a few facts within a liberal frame-of-mind (which is extremely rare for liberals and I actually think the article is pretty good) but he still misses the point:

The point is, is that we're at war with terrorists who despise our way of life and our culture. Did the artists in the 50s and 60s ever trash a sitting President openly? Did they ever denigrate America's values? For the most part, no.

[CatoRenasci]

Sigh! So much stupidity, so many misconceptions, so little time.... The issue here isn't whether entertainers have a right to spout whatever political views they choose to -- surely they do.

The issue here isn't whether audiences have a right to purchase or not purchase tickets to an entertainer's gig -- again, surely htey do.

The issue here, the only issue here, is whether it is legitimate for entertainers who spout political views which their normal audiences find disagreeable to suffer economic consequences, e.g erstwhile fans deciding not to attend future concerts or to purchase their records, or, heaven forfend, even to speak out and encourage others to withhold their patronage.

For me the answer is easy: as long as no state action is involved, the fans are well within their rights to criticize, withhold patronage and even organize boycotts. In a free society, you take your chance: if the fans don't like the new album, they don't buy it. If they don't like the politics, they don't buy it. No harm, no foul.

[chesley]

Ugh, what an asshole!! I sent a comment to the orlando weekly and within minutes got a request for permission to print as a letter to the editor. Hey, we can't all expose fraud in the Kerry campaign, but every damn one of us can write to the authors of such stupid columns and let them know.

Below is a copy of the exchange.




Certainly, if I didn't want my opinions known, I wouldn't express them.

Chesley Johnson

-----Original Message-----
From: Lindy Shepherd [mailto:lshepherd@orlandoweekly.com]
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 10:08 AM
To: Johnson, Chesley
Subject: Re: No, You shut up.


Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts with us. We'd like to
publish your response in our Letters to the Editor section to share with our
readers, but we need your permission to do so. So, please let me know if
that's OK by you.


Lindy Shepherd
Managing Editor
Orlando Weekly
(407) 377-0400, Ext. 216
lshepherd@orlandoweekly.com
www.orlandoweekly.com



on 9/10/04 11:01 AM, Johnson, Chesley at (removed by writer)wrote:

> Hey, yeah, artists have a right to speak out. And non-artists have a right
> to resent it if their opinions are stupid, which they are at least as often
> as anyone else's. They have the right to boo for an artist's political
> opinions just as much as they do for a lousy performance. Maybe they think
> hearing the opinions is a lousy performance. They have the right to walk
> out, to not buy records or tickets. What is it about artists that makes
> them think they can't be criticized for exercising their rights. They can
> be. And, if they don't like it, they should follow the advice of that great
> Democrat, Harry Truman, "if you can't stand the heat; stay out of the
> kitchen".
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Chesley Johnson
> Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
>

[sevry]

Whoopie can express her opinion. People don't have to like it. That's the problem Whoopie has. People don't have to hire her. People don't have to support her opinion. They can disagree. They can even want to have nothing to do with her. People can do that.

And then the left starts whining - about whining, and grousing, and fuming, and labeling, and meannness, and viciousness, and worst of all that all these e-ville ultra-extremist-ultra-doubleultra-right-ultras . . . they're going to vote for BOOOOOSH, who everyone should know is the real criminal. Why won't they just let themselves be 'educated' by Michael Moore?