Censorship (and political correctness) marches on...this is no different than the persecution of legendary and groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce.
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Censorship (and political correctness) marches on...this is no different than the persecution of legendary and groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce.
It's very difficult to balance the scales between our First AmendmentQuote:
Originally Posted by chefmike
right to free speech, and political correctness.
In the case of Lenny Bruce I feel the scales were unfairly tipped against
Lenny Bruce.
What I liked about him is that he talked shit about everyone equally. He
was truly a comedic genius ahead of his time.
Political correctness fueled by the media's inbreed need to find something, anything to report on to top the competition are turning this nation into a bunch of panty-wastes and negative Nancy's.
We're turning into a bunch of helmet wearing sissy boys playing non-contact tag while being closely monitored by our politically correct soccer moms who engorge themselves on donuts with diet cokes and look forward to their favorite reality TV program.
This country is turning into an a large undouched cunt, shaded by a huge bunt, in the middle of a period.
Look at the candidates we have running for office not only in this election but also in elections going back decades. Who do you respect? Where are the leaders of character? They’re not running. They and their families would be run over with sound bites and thirty second innuendoes thirty days after they come out of the gate. What has changed? The media has grown. And as media outlets grow in number, there evolves intense competition to top each other. We have a giant magnifying glass on society, which has inadvertently grown a fungus call political correctness, which is slowly killing free speech.
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Very compelling op-ed statement, nicely articulated.Quote:
Originally Posted by ezed
I must admit that I am somewhat conflicted.
Political correctness clearly can benefit groups that I am a member of;
a person of color, a woman, and as a transwoman.
Having said that, I am a proponent of free speech. Take away the right
of free speech and and the right to assemble peacebly of a group or
person that I disagree with, and perhaps soon my rights to the same
may diminish.
Thus I am extremely concerned about the erosion of free speech, as I
have a vested interest.
Yet, I can not allow hateful, or malicious words and sentiments to be
heaped upon any group whether I am a member of it or not, or if I
or my interest group are directly impacted by said statements.
As to the the heinous words Of Don Imus, I feel that his punishment
was befitting of his actions.
But Imus isn't the only maleofactor when it comes to this type of activity.
Equally culpable is the hip hop / rock industry with it's misogynistic,
homophobic, and transphobic rhetoric and actions. They should be
pursued with the same vehemance as Imus.
But in our quest to be the kinder, gentler, and more equitable nation that
we can and should be, we must strive to not erode the First Amendment,
and the cornerstones for which it stands.
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"Let's be careful out there in the admistration of our duty".
here's a post that will kill you :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by Unisex
when sharpton went after imus, he was going after the artist (who happened to be white). sharpton was challenged by glenn beck to go after rap music. sharpton said he would. who did sharpton go after? the black artists? nope. he went after the white producers. why is that?
oh wait, there's that double standard again...
I'd just love it if white America would stop referring to Al Sharpton as a "black leader", as if black people elected him or something. If that had ever happened, believe me, his ass would have been impeached a long, long, long time ago. This "black leader" title was given to this idiot by the media, which has little to no knowledge of whom black people consider leaders, because few people of importance in the media know any real black people, and are too afraid to be around black people to ask them about anything. Just my opinion...
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Originally Posted by Unisex
LOL counseling would tremendously benefit that guy.
Al Sharpton took it upon himself to be a black leader, as did Jessie "hymietown" Jackson...perhaps sensible black Americans should take it upon themselves to let these two clowns know that they don't speak for them...Quote:
Originally Posted by TJ347
must be all the black people around him when he marches that are throwing me off, then. my bad... :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by TJ347
no bitterness here. just stating a fact. one that you will brush off yet again...Quote:
Originally Posted by Unisex