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avebury

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20. The Constitutional right of Free Speech only means

Tue Feb 28, 2017, 07:55 AM

Feb 2017

that you have the right to say what you want to say (with some reasonable controls - for example you can't yell fire in a crowded room). It does not automatically grant you to access to all forms of communication. Newspapers/magazines doe not have to interview a person. TV shows do not have to have the person on a show. Publishers don't have to publish a book. Radio talk shows don't have to have a person on. The choice of private entities is countered with the internet which makes numerous social media websites (Facebook, Twitter, etc), chat sites (like DU), youtube and who knows how many other websites available for people who want to say what is on their minds.

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I have to disagree with Fran Lebowitz [View all] Trumpocalypse Feb 2017 OP

Your last paragraph is a contradiction ksoze Feb 2017 #1

+ 1 ..n/t obnoxiousdrunk Feb 2017 #2

No it's not. Salviati Feb 2017 #4

I was accused of exactly that just yesterday Orrex Feb 2017 #22

No one has the right to be on a TV show. That's not a contradiction. Trumpocalypse Feb 2017 #5

The Constitutional right of Free Speech only means avebury Feb 2017 #20

Platforms, such as what Limbaugh and O'Rielly have been using, logosoco Feb 2017 #3

There use to be the Fairness Docterine and Equal Time Rule Trumpocalypse Feb 2017 #6

That's the one! Such a nice sounding name I should be able to remember it logosoco Feb 2017 #8

Agreed. Anyone can have a platform, on youtube or standing in the parking lot pnwmom Feb 2017 #7

Was Hitler an idiot? Would Lebowitz have given him a platform? PoliticAverse Feb 2017 #9

They Have To Be Negated erpowers Feb 2017 #10

Sorry I found the author itcfish Feb 2017 #11

I found her even more repugnant than Milo in many ways BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #30

Me Too itcfish Mar 2017 #40

What Seth said! mountain grammy Feb 2017 #12

Sadly our media is 50% and until that changes the Conways of the world flamingdem Feb 2017 #13

Your first paragraph completely contradicts itself. nt. NCTraveler Feb 2017 #14

How so? Trumpocalypse Feb 2017 #16

She lives in a bubble. She wants to give others a voice. NCTraveler Feb 2017 #19

Not a contradiction at all Trumpocalypse Feb 2017 #23

Then For-Profit Media SDJay Feb 2017 #15

OK, but... MountCleaners Feb 2017 #17

Maybe some Trumpocalypse Feb 2017 #18

Are you saying that only people who share your view should be on TV? oberliner Feb 2017 #21

Not at all Trumpocalypse Feb 2017 #24

Understood oberliner Feb 2017 #27

I would think it is pretty obvious to most. Trumpocalypse Feb 2017 #28

You would be wrong oberliner Feb 2017 #32

And you still think Trumpocalypse Mar 2017 #33

I agree with her. If you don't give an idiot the stage, no one will know they're an idiot. Vinca Feb 2017 #25

Except for other idiots. Trumpocalypse Mar 2017 #35

Short Term v. Long Term HopeAgain Feb 2017 #26

Not saying to curtail free speach Trumpocalypse Feb 2017 #29

True, but one can always turn the channel BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #31

It's those that don't turn the channel Trumpocalypse Mar 2017 #34

This country is FAR past that point Cosmocat Mar 2017 #36

I am??? Trumpocalypse Mar 2017 #37

I'm sorry Cosmocat Mar 2017 #39

Fran Lebowitz living in a bubble? betsuni Mar 2017 #38

It should be the norm. Trumpocalypse Mar 2017 #41