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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:42 PM Original message |
Should we let FOX censor our protest signs? |
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inademv (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. You never win with Godwin's law |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. When the comparison is apt, the comparison is apt... |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. What was the Reagan quote? n/t |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. "Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost." |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I agree with you 100 percent. It's all part of showing people the sins of the past. |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think that's more an example of self-censorship |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Really. You made a Hitler comparison? Lame. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Uh - Okay - Yeah - Sure |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Will you read the damn post and quote again? I simply displayed a Hitler |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. It says you're doing the same lame thing and making the same lame excuses that the teabaggers do |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. And your post says you're incapable of anything beyond parrotting "conventional liberal wisdom". nt |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Keep fighting the power bro, one lame Hitler quote at a time...you're so unconventional |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. And I imagine Godwin's Law is 'pushing the envelope'...? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. I imagine you conflate the word "compare" with "contrast" |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. You should always avoid going Hitler... |
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pinkkillersheep (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Agreed. |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Agreed. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. No... but I'm sure for our safety they will.... |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. I wouldn't have quashed an actual historical quote for the sake of a propaganda network |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. Kick and you were right. |
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skirt6 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. My mother told me not to use the Hitler quote either... |
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The Second Stone (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. The organizers were trying to help the crowd stay on message |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. The shoe fits them and they can wear it |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. There it is. My sentiments were close; |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. Fox should just make our signs say what they want |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. I was also censored by Fox for an accurate historical quote. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. I have never been able to verify that quote as Hitler's -- it seems to be caught in a whirlpool of |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Because, after all, saying it is worse than doing it |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. No, because sourcing a quote matters |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. No, it doesn't necessarily seem that he never said it. But we know that he surely did it. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 07:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. That's kind of funny |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. The old Dan Rather argument. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Please don't put words in my mouth. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
30. It was appropriate. Fascists hate unions and anything else that challenges their power. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. 1) Godwin's law is made-up horseshit 2) Your sign was spot on |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. Invoking Hitler is always stupid in these situations. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
37. Fox news is going to make you out to be whatever it is they want regardless of what your signs say. |
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