tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044318176622758692.post8071252730163998416..comments2024-03-01T03:51:38.081-05:00Comments on Allergic to Bull: Freedom of Speech is Larger Than the First AmendmentA.W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10876021589516844048noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044318176622758692.post-91533343598502443352013-12-24T15:36:36.205-05:002013-12-24T15:36:36.205-05:00still can not see what I assume is a tweet discuss...still can not see what I assume is a tweet discussion. i assume the graphic is hosted on some hosting service that is blocked by a HOST file that I use from MVPS Hosts. a lot of people filter, but not a lot of web hosts know that their hosting service is part of the problem. Thanks for your time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044318176622758692.post-39671323462119245132013-12-24T01:41:19.494-05:002013-12-24T01:41:19.494-05:00I think they were justified in firing her. A PR e...I think they were justified in firing her. A PR exec is supposed to be better at PR. But if I was her boss, i would probably have gone easier on her. I think she was just trying to make a joke about racial disparity and was taken the wrong way.<br /><br />But the lynch mob mentality was creepy and a bit much, imho.<br /><br />Another example of this sort of thing brought up was Martin Bashir, but I would file that under companies engaged in expression. Part of his job was to speak for MSNBC that showed respect for its reputation... okay I can't stop laughing as I write that. But the point is he is supposed to know how to watch his mouth, and he is indeed the spokesman for his network. So it seems justified to can him for what he said.A.W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10876021589516844048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044318176622758692.post-52877620529675876072013-12-24T01:35:54.535-05:002013-12-24T01:35:54.535-05:00thanks, fixed!thanks, fixed!A.W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10876021589516844048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044318176622758692.post-23157263850032963312013-12-24T01:35:20.148-05:002013-12-24T01:35:20.148-05:00Interesting point about him confronting this befor...Interesting point about him confronting this before. As a non-fan, I didn't know that.<br /><br />Also i really wonder if the gay crew members have expressed this view, or is A&E hiding behind them? Is there some paternalism in all of this?A.W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10876021589516844048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044318176622758692.post-18274957059806430962013-12-23T21:48:10.091-05:002013-12-23T21:48:10.091-05:00Sacco's case was just a lynch mob in search of...Sacco's case was just a lynch mob in search of a victim. Rob Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010767328260010949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044318176622758692.post-60228752484491782552013-12-23T21:47:41.336-05:002013-12-23T21:47:41.336-05:00Except... they had a very effeminate "pet pho...Except... they had a very effeminate "pet photographer" in one episode, and Phil had to deal with the guy. And A&E says the gay members of the crew expressed their unwillingness to work with Phil as justification for the "suspension".<br /><br />So, the supposed evil bigot has ALREADY "confronted" gays in the context of the show. And behaved in exactly the way he says he would -- with the same respect and consideration he would give anyone else.Rob Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010767328260010949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044318176622758692.post-82004728528241354612013-12-23T18:51:41.219-05:002013-12-23T18:51:41.219-05:00Typo in the first few lines. You said "suspe...Typo in the first few lines. You said "suspected" but I think you mean "suspended." <br /><br />Of course the probably suspected him of many things too...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044318176622758692.post-84816092137070230752013-12-23T14:55:53.445-05:002013-12-23T14:55:53.445-05:00This is a well thought-out, well written essay. I...This is a well thought-out, well written essay. I enjoyed it immensely and it is filled with common sense. I agree, freedom of speech is dying in America because our current culture does not support it. There is a ridiculous hyper-sensitivity to any discussions about race or about gays, where the wrong opinion can create a mass feeding frenzy and public stonings of the apostates. I support Robertson, but I also support Justine Sacco, who is also a recent victim of this fanaticism.Stogiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05852841950131130696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044318176622758692.post-2263360495056546312013-12-23T07:22:31.396-05:002013-12-23T07:22:31.396-05:00That "Fourth Wall" concept is similar to...That "Fourth Wall" concept is similar to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. The act of observing affects the thing being observed.<br /><br />IOW - Reality TV is not reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com