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cbayer

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14. You would have a point if I could find anything at all to support

Sun Jan 18, 2015, 06:25 PM

Jan 2015

about Rush Limbaugh. Anything. But since I can't, the analogy doesn't work for me.

I like some of the things the Pope says and hate others. I'm not going to "boycott" him because I think it's important to keep nudging him in the right direction.

I think I could use an 18 wheeler and not move Limbaugh an inch.

Not eveyone loves the pope. I don't love the pope and I object to much that he says, including this weeks remarks about marriage.

But it seems that you would not be satisfied with anything other than full throated hatred. That's not going to work for me. I am going to celebrate him when he does and says the right things.

You can choose to support or boycott anyone you want. I don't think there is anything most people could do here that would satisfy you. You are surrounded by allies, not enemies.

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I have to disagree with Bill Maher about boycotts and free speech [View all] Silent3 Jan 2015 OP

I disagree too, but I can understand his bias on this topic. arcane1 Jan 2015 #1

There are always free speech and free commerce solutions to speech one finds offensive. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #2

A boycott is an act of free expression and free speech. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2015 #3

I agree. djean111 Jan 2015 #4

I'm a big believer in free speech... NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #5

Too many people jehop61 Jan 2015 #6

Since you leapt to gay issues, I will say that the Rush Boycott strikes me as a tad much out of a Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #7

There's nothing about free expression that requires consistency Silent3 Jan 2015 #8

Uh, no. I oppose hate speech laws. Let me put it another way. I'd feel better about those who get Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #10

I myself am certainly not casual about "venomous language... Silent3 Jan 2015 #15

What an odd thing for him to say. cbayer Jan 2015 #9

I say boycott, but people who boycott Rush while praising the Pope are clearly saying anti gay trash Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #12

You would have a point if I could find anything at all to support cbayer Jan 2015 #14

I was discussing the same thing with my husband as we were watching that segment. MoonchildCA Jan 2015 #11

"Free speech" is about what the government can (or cannot) prevent you from saying; truebluegreen Jan 2015 #13