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In reply to the discussion: about Milo and Maher [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)25. I actually don't think his shit would have flown at CPAC. I don't think they knew what they were
getting at all, by inviting him- they just thought "aha! Fresh new voice to appeal to Millennials!"
I suspect those geezers would have been horrified by him.
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"fire in a crowded theater" is the most tortured/over/misused anti-free speech metaphor in history
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#4
openly mocking people or saying "you deserve to be harassed on twitter" isn't encouraging violence.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#12
Saying "It's OK to molest under-aged children" IS encouraging sexual violence against kids. nt
MADem
Feb 2017
#19
What is provable is, it shot a giant fucking hole through his "liberals wont let me speak" argument
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#34
My point is that 48 hours of sunlight did more to shut that guy down than months of riots.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#49
"Freedom of speech" doesn't mean "you have a right to appear on television"
Spider Jerusalem
Feb 2017
#6
The point is mostly that Coulter's been on that show countless times.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#23
I'm going to go against the tide, here, and say Maher did us all a great service.
MADem
Feb 2017
#17
I actually don't think his shit would have flown at CPAC. I don't think they knew what they were
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#25
What confuses me, is why the people who were supposedly committed enough to shutting him down that
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#38
Except that Coulter does come on the show, that's not a deflection, it's a fact
BannonsLiver
Feb 2017
#26
I lost my enthusiasm for Maher...about 3 "This Is Why Liberals Are Assholes" lectures ago.
Paladin
Feb 2017
#27
Maher is a rightward-trending Islamophobe, increasingly unworthy of liberal support.
Paladin
Feb 2017
#45
Just want to give you a +100 for trying to talk down all the Maher-haters. I don't always agree with
skylucy
Feb 2017
#56