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Originally posted by Fred181
...Why can we not accept people's different opinions as there own? Why must the people we associate with, buy stuff from, or watch on TV have to share our same views?...
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Nominally I agree with you Fred, but what are you proposing?
Forcing me to continue to buy Dixie Chix albums even though now I think they are traitorous dirtbags? Or making me go see Alec Baldwin movies even though I think he is even worse?
As long as the government doesn't interfere with their careers (a la a McCarthy witch hunt), this is simply free speech and the free enterprise system working.
They are free to say what they want, and I am free to purchase their product or not.
Furthermore, I am free to try to influence others to my view.
Welcome to freedom. It doesn't always give you the results you want, but it's a damn sight better than the alternative.