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Originally Posted by flstf
I don't see how we can be for freedom of speech and also want to censure speech that we do not agree with. In the case of this fictional series, some want to censure it before it is even broadcast.
Do we really want our polititians to threaten the license of broadcasters who air things critical of the government? Republicans and Democrats will rarely agree on which shows should be censured. It is scary to imagine our polititians requiring a seal of approval before TV shows are shown to the public.
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As pointed out in my last post, I honestly don't believe it is under any true fire. That the fire created was, in fact, self promotional bs. I can name movies and tv shows by the dozens that from the 80's till now have used the censorship ploy to gain ratings and box office.
For any true democrat to fear what is coming out, is showing hypocracy and is forgetting F/911.
Big deal a movie comes out, if it's not true facts will come out, creative liberties pointed out and the PEOPLE will decide what they want to believe. Much like F/911.
To me, I am more worried about what the above post pointed out.
If a media company owns both left (Moore) and right (Limbaugh), then the more division, the more hatred, the more controversy kept between the 2 parties the more money there is to be made.
If the parties and the people started coming closer together, working on compromises and had true debates and respect for each other, companies like Disney, that propagate, promote and benefit financially from the divide (and increasing it) would be hurting. But if they can create issues, strife and controversy where there really isn't any or very little.... they make more and more.
But then again, that's just an observation from a bleeding heart lib who doesn't understand how things truly work in the world.