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MADem

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31. I don't believe in Communal Guilt. Don't like it? Don't sign it.

Sun Mar 8, 2015, 10:49 PM

Mar 2015

It doesn't make "me" look bad, because I haven't even clicked on the link.

If wingnuts are going to go after someone on a small political website because of a "petition" that someone puts up, they are really, really, REALLY in need of those things called "lives."

Fox News fans don't care for MSNBC, either--they love to make fun of Chris Matthews for his occasionally high-strung tirades (he is a Type 1 diabetic which contributes to those episodes, he doesn't always watch that as close as he should) and Rachel Maddow (they usually like to make not-so-clever "lesbian jokes" about her and then snuffle and snort in rather backward glee over their sharp commentaries and vicious insults).

In sum, they are stupid, and stupid is as stupid does. Why worry about people like that?

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The "Petition Against Fox" makes us look bad. [View all] FrodosPet Mar 2015 OP

It's driving you guys crazy! RandiFan1290 Mar 2015 #1

Yeah, false info like that does tend to drive us crazy. eom. GGJohn Mar 2015 #4

Yes, counterproductive actions drive me nuts FrodosPet Mar 2015 #5

Unfortunately, you don't come across as someone who understands long term game plan Hutzpa Mar 2015 #13

... NuclearDem Mar 2015 #23

I generally don't like "take them off the air" drives, even when valid. arcane1 Mar 2015 #2

Yes, but post #150 makes you look like a no-kiddin' comic genius!! WillowTree Mar 2015 #3

Ya gotta laugh! Ya gotta dance! Ya gotta sing! Ya gotta smile! FrodosPet Mar 2015 #46

Nobody pays any attention to internet petitions anyhow, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2015 #6

Fox "might" play victim? That is their whole defence schtick! Fox must die. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #7

You really think the American people would support shutting down a major news network? Kurska Mar 2015 #10

Fox is a cancer - a racist, mysoginistic , treasonous propaganda tool of two men. Not news. Not free speech. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #14

No one is defending the merit of fox news. Kurska Mar 2015 #15

Stop calling Fox a "news source". No one buys that..your whole defence of Fox is off the rails right there Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #26

The courts, whom I believe over you, disagree with you. GGJohn Mar 2015 #16

Idiotic, it is pro-censorship. Kurska Mar 2015 #8

You have got to be shitting me. Hutzpa Mar 2015 #9

So just because we're left-wing, we're supposed to support authoritarian attempts to silence Kurska Mar 2015 #11

Authoritarian attempt?? Hutzpa Mar 2015 #17

A petition to get Fox to stop lying and manufacturing lies and spreading fear and hate? Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #19

No, it's a petition to have the FCC pull Fox News license, GGJohn Mar 2015 #22

What action? GGJohn Mar 2015 #20

Shutting down opposition new sources is authoritarian. Kurska Mar 2015 #21

Your main fault is that you think Fox is a "news hub". It is not. It never was, or will be. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #24

No matter how much you dislike it. Kurska Mar 2015 #27

It is not a personal thing. It is a fact. You think Fox is "news". You are wrong. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #28

No actually Fred your opinion is not fact. Kurska Mar 2015 #29

I believe Fox had numerous opportunity to broadcast factual News Hutzpa Mar 2015 #39

I'm not defending the merits of fox news Kurska Mar 2015 #40

Yeah. who gives a shit about the first amendment anyway. Travis_0004 Mar 2015 #33

First amendments does not give you the right to use hateful words Hutzpa Mar 2015 #41

Whaaaaa? It most certainly does. GGJohn Mar 2015 #44

Please try not to get the first amendment twisted Hutzpa Mar 2015 #51

Again, show us the law that makes it illegal to use hateful speech towards another. GGJohn Mar 2015 #54

Hateful speech is part of free speech. Codeine Mar 2015 #60

I'm still waiting for him/her to cite the law that says hate speech is illegal. eom. GGJohn Mar 2015 #61

Absolutely right. nt COLGATE4 Mar 2015 #63

Then why don't you use all your intelligennce gained Hutzpa Mar 2015 #65

You might not like the answer. Throd Mar 2015 #66

There is a federal law expressly forbidding threatening federal officials, GGJohn Mar 2015 #67

That's not even vaguely the topic being discussed Codeine Mar 2015 #74

The supreme court has allowed the kkk, flag burning etc. Travis_0004 Mar 2015 #71

you are confusing what is free speech and what kind of speech may have repercussions Skittles Mar 2015 #68

There is no prohibition under the First Amendment against COLGATE4 Mar 2015 #62

Did you find an asterisk on the Bill of Rights... Oktober Mar 2015 #69

Why? WillowTree Mar 2015 #12

Reading what on DU? GGJohn Mar 2015 #18

Child please. Hutzpa Mar 2015 #47

That the best you got? GGJohn Mar 2015 #48

Simple Hutzpa Mar 2015 #52

IOW, you can't refute any of my post. eom. GGJohn Mar 2015 #55

I don't need to Hutzpa Mar 2015 #57

So all you have left are insults? GGJohn Mar 2015 #59

Hey, still waiting for you to cite the law that makes it illegal to use hateful words GGJohn Mar 2015 #64

This ranks right up there with pintobean Mar 2015 #73

It makes the signers and promoters of the petition look stupid. tammywammy Mar 2015 #25

This is it right here! FrodosPet Mar 2015 #38

Wait...you are saying Foxnews does not distort the truth or create hoaxes? Rex Mar 2015 #30

No. They're saying that it's a stupid petition because the FCC has no authority to do what it asks. WillowTree Mar 2015 #32

Well the petition seems to think it DOES have the authority based on those conditions. Rex Mar 2015 #34

Well, then they're dumbasses, GGJohn Mar 2015 #35

The petition thinks? Really? WillowTree Mar 2015 #36

You know what I meant smartass. Rex Mar 2015 #37

That is what makes them dumb... Oktober Mar 2015 #70

I am not saying that at all FrodosPet Mar 2015 #42

Hmmm...I wonder if anyone has informed the author of the petition Rex Mar 2015 #45

I don't believe in Communal Guilt. Don't like it? Don't sign it. MADem Mar 2015 #31

Wait a minute, I don't think the FCC has any jurisdiction over Fox or any other cable outlet tularetom Mar 2015 #43

Yes, anybody who wants to can circulate a petition. FrodosPet Mar 2015 #56

Hell yes! Let's set that precedent! What could go wrong? Throd Mar 2015 #49

What could go wrong? Well....... WillowTree Mar 2015 #50

I'm more worried by the number of people willing to give that power to government. Throd Mar 2015 #53

That too. For sure. WillowTree Mar 2015 #58

It doesn't sound like it could be successful treestar Mar 2015 #72