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To: GoreIsLove
It certainly is within the rights of any American to voice a legally protected opinion, as the Homosexual lobby did regarding Dr. Laura. That the advertisers and programmers caved is more an indication of their spinelessness coupled with their politics, then the effectiveness of the small homosexual lobby.

As to David Horowitz, that is not a fair comparison: nobody is suggesting jamming the frequency should Stern be permitted to broadcast, which would be a more appropriate analogy. We are suggesting that Donohue be able to excercise his right to freely speak and protest and encourage others to do the same, in a dignified manner. I can't speak to the Justice Thomas situation, but that speech may have been sponsored by a private student group and the students then had the option of attending or not. Certainly, they had the right to object and protest and register complaints, which is different from preventing someone else's right to speak, as in the Horowitz case.

Let's also make the further distinction that political speech is protected speech, as long as it is not treasonous, as you no doubt know. Obscene speech is not protected, and though we have had an eight year run with an emasculated Justice Department unwilling to uphold community standards ( the fallout being this kind of sophistry of mixing one kind of argument with another to advance obscenity under free speech) nontheless, Donohue is right and within bounds to challenge what the legal arm of the government has not had the temerity to do. V's wife.

77 posted on 03/07/2002 12:23:07 PM PST by ventana
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To: ventana
The problem is that the definition of "obscene speech" is completely subjective. You are calling Stern obscene as if it's a fact, and it most certainly is not. Many on the other side of the political spectrum consider Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura to be obscene. Which standards do you use?

And I'm glad to see you have enough faith in the government to allow (you use the word temerity) them to ban what they consider to be obscene.

83 posted on 03/07/2002 1:04:52 PM PST by GoreIsLove
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