[Cultural Jihad]

"Not allowing" them to broadcast what you find offensive suggests a government prohibition of free speech, which we both know is a no-no.

Free speech is not some kind of absolute. You are not free to libel or slander. You are not free to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater. It used to be the same with pornography. For 200 years we lived quite well and successfully without the DNC, the ACLU, and the LP approving of the most degrading and vicious of pornography. To allege that the Founding Fathers fought and died for the allowance of pornography is ludicrous. But you applaud the efforts of 'fine journlaists' such as Larry Flynt?

[College Repub]

Well if this bothered Robertson enough, I'm sure he would have sued.

[College Repub]

It's people like YOU that is the reason conservative democrats don't jump ship and join and vote for the GOP. I hope you are very happy with your extremism.

[Doctor Doom]

You are not free to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater.

Actually, you are. You misunderstand the minority opinion of Justice Holmes in a 1919 case wherein he used that as an example.

You are free to yell fire - you are simply civilly and criminally liable IF that action results in a riot. If it does not, you cannot be charged with anything.

It used to be the same with pornography. For 200 years we lived quite well and successfully without the DNC, the ACLU, and the LP approving of the most degrading and vicious of pornography. To allege that the Founding Fathers fought and died for the allowance of pornography is ludicrous.

Who is talking about porn? Your complaint was against networks broadcasting things "offensive to religious sensibilities."

Get your mind off porno and out of the gutter, CJ.

[americalost]

Free speech is not some kind of absolute.

How many times saying "The Constitution and its amendments do not grant power to the people, it's the OTHER WAY AROUND" will it take?

Of course no one has a so-called right to yell 'fire' in a theater. The Constitution only prohibits the GOVERNMENT FROM STOPPING A PERSON.

[drjimmy]

For 200 years we lived quite well and successfully without the DNC, the ACLU, and the LP approving of the most degrading and vicious of pornography. To allege that the Founding Fathers fought and died for the allowance of pornography is ludicrous.
And for 200 years we lived quite well without Glocks and "sniper scopes" and "cop killer" bullets (as the gun control crowd calls them). Yet just as the second amendment doesn't make limitations on what qualifies as "arms" that we have a right to bear, the first amendment doesn't say what kind of "speech" we have the freedom of.