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Throwing around insults about a leader and not getting in trouble over it is what separates us from places like Iran and North Korea and Turkey and China..and..

Throwing around insults about a leader and not getting in trouble over it is what separates us from places like Iran and North Korea and Turkey and China..and..

Throwing around insults about leaders without resorting to blatant references to sexual practices is not an unreasonable request when it comes to over-the-air broadcasts. This is not HBO - it's CBS, broadcasting over public airwaves, and it's very hard for me to believe that Colbert's remarks don't qualify as obscenity.

Aside from the issue of broadcast standards, there's also the fact that no one guarantees anyone freedom from consequences for the things they say. The Left would be up in arms if a conservative comedian had said such things about Obama or Hillary - boycotts would be underway to force the comedian off the air. Conservatives can either fight back the same way, or surrender.