Posted on 12/31/2013 6:11:55 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Unable to comment on the "Duck Dynasty" controversy last week due to my hectic Kwanzaa schedule, I am able to sweep in at the end and comment on the commentary.
Anyone who utters the mind-numbingly obvious point that A&E's suspension of "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson doesn't involve the First Amendment because a TV network is not the government, should be prohibited from ever talking in public again. You can bore your few remaining friends with laborious statements of the obvious, but stop wasting everyone else's time.
We know A&E is not the government. It may shock your tiny little pea brains, but free speech existed even before we had a Constitution. Free speech is generally considered a desirable goal even apart from its inclusion in the nation's founding document.
Suppose TV networks were capitulating to angry Muslims by suspending people for saying they opposed Sharia law? Would that prompt any of you pusillanimous hacks to finally take a position on the state of free speech in America?(continued)
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I used to be a fan. Then she turned on her fans and started spouting whatever the prevailing winds blew her way. The gay CPAC thing and her Romney flip cinched my opinion of her. Spending years railing something/one then pulling a Kerry tends to lose my respect pretty permanently. Who would honestly trust her after that?
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Nicely said.
She’s not perfect, but there are times when she’s still very, very good.
“As usual”
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Thanks for the preface....maybe 80%
Oh I agree. But can you honestly trust her now? Saying what we all believe is great business for her. But when the chips are down, she flipped. Ugly truth, but a fact.
I have several of her books which were educational and entertaining. And she went against everything in them on her CPAC and Romney BS. And that’s the thing. I don’t know when next her ethics will revert to flexable.
Still, there are times when she is faultless in her analysis of a political situation, and I do appreciate that.
Sure. No problem there. I just hope people view her words through the prism of her actions surrounding them.
Yes, I do agree.
Impressive!
I read anal cancer will be the next gay plague, due to HPV, which is passed anally.
Wouldn’t be surprising. And you can bet they will be first in line for treatment under the ObamaCare rules.
That's about the best summary of liberal dogma I have ever read.
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