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Originally Posted by ottopilot
I can't comment on the Michael Moore issue without reading a full transcript or seeing the complete episode.
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What context are you imagining in which fantasizing about strangling Michael Moore to death is acceptable? People have recordings of Beck's radio show when he said this all over the internet. Here is a copy:
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Originally Posted by Transcript
BECK: Hang on, let me just tell you what I'm thinking. I'm thinking about killing Michael Moore, and I'm wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it. No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out -- is this wrong? I stopped wearing my What Would Jesus -- band -- Do, and I've lost all sense of right and wrong now. I used to be able to say, "Yeah, I'd kill Michael Moore," and then I'd see the little band: What Would Jesus Do? And then I'd realize, "Oh, you wouldn't kill Michael Moore. Or at least you wouldn't choke him to death." And you know, well, I'm not sure.
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So you're simply unwilling to rebuke an on-air fantasy about strangling Michael Moore to death? That's totally acceptable to you, not as a free speech issue, as neither of us are the government, but rather as acceptable behavior?