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[branford]

311. It's not a matter of whether you believe it is right or wrong, good or bad.

The simple fact is that people have the RIGHT to watch Fox if they so choose. You do not have the right to prevent them from watching it on their own television on their property, and no one has the right to determine what you watch. The devil himself could be speaking on Fox, and it would not matter in the least. That is the price we pay to live in a free society.

What I find most interesting is that even with your deep hatred for the channel, you nevertheless admit to still being VERY reluctant to change the channel, no less steal or hide someone else's remote and input your own password, just to avoid the channel. The thread is quite large, and the OP has certainly not been shy about posting. If there was any mitigation to her conduct, it would have been offered long ago. You know deep down that the OP could have handled the situation much better than she did.

The test of the conduct is simple, would you find the OP's conduct acceptable if the channel was MSNBC, PBS, ESPN, Nickelodeon or anything else? Would you tell a child that this is the appropriate way to act if you do not like what someone is saying?

I also find the complaints that "teabag types" behave just like the OP. Just as you would tell a child, "Do you want to be like them?" Bad behavior does not excuse more bad behavior.