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leftynyc

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6. A stupid poll

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 11:56 AM

Feb 2015

Nobody is saying isis has free speech rights. But our media does. It think it was stupid and short sighted but that's fox's problem. Once you start censoring what the media can and cannot show, that's a slipperly slope that will no doubt lead to them censoring something you want shown.

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POLL: Should Homeland Security block the Fox News website from re-distributing ISIS recruitment videos? [View all] Fred Sanders Feb 2015 OP

Other: No, ISIS has no First Amendment rights in this country. NYC_SKP Feb 2015 #1

Allowing the world wide distribution of snuff movies of a military hero of Jordan is.....indefensible. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #5

Then don't defend it jberryhill Feb 2015 #9

IMO Homeland Securlty should just shut down Fox News, period tularetom Feb 2015 #2

Fox News is perfectly free to be a snuff news company. eom MohRokTah Feb 2015 #3

Fox is indeed a snuff production distribution agency of ISIS. For free. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #4

A stupid poll leftynyc Feb 2015 #6

The poll was meant to be stupid to point out the stupidity of allowing a state enemy a domestic Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #7

Ask Jane Fonda .... Lurker Deluxe Feb 2015 #8

No, I would perfer Murdoch and Co star in an ISIS video howver in this case becasue they are ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #10

The First Amendment isn't a suggestion, it's the law. Xithras Feb 2015 #11

So feature length propaganda and recruitment videos of a foreign enemy being distributed by an Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #12

Yes, it is. It's the price we pay for a free society. Xithras Feb 2015 #13