True, but if Maher has any sense at all he should know that once Rush is silenced and precedent is set , who's to say we won't get a government hostile to Mahar and he won't be silenced. What most of these leftists don't get that the 1st amendment protects unpopular speech, since popular speech needs no protection. This is why conservatives don't go in for the leftist tactic of silencing the opposition.
Maher knows he can continue spewing his disgusting comments because he only answers to HBO..HBO is a leftist network, so he knows that he is safe. What is the worst that can happen to HBO, a bunch of people stop subscribing to their network, but they still have the leftists who will continue paying for HBO so they know they have nothing to worry about. I have Time Warner Cable(Trust me I want to get rid of them but I dont have many options for Internet here so that is why we stick with them) they offered us HBO for free for a year, we refused, wouldn’t watch that garbage no matter what
I lot of rightists don’t understand free speech either.
I don’t agree with your across the board declaration that that conservatives don’t go in for silencing the opposition. Many do.
Situational ethics is rampant on both sides.