{"id":291,"date":"2009-01-28T08:14:29","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T13:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelfigart.com\/blog\/?p=291"},"modified":"2009-01-28T08:14:29","modified_gmt":"2009-01-28T13:14:29","slug":"real-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelfigart.com\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/28\/real-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has launched an online petition to express outrage at conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for saying he wanted President Obama to “fail.” – http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/first100days\/2009\/01\/27\/dems-launch-online-petition-rush-limbaugh\/<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, I don’t have any real use for Mr. Limbaugh.\u00a0\u00a0 I find his critical thinking skills inadequate, I believe his primary motivation is attention and a fat bank balance, and I find his rhetorical skills gallingly under par.\u00a0\u00a0 I also think this is generally what you’re going to find in most political commentators you encounter if it’s their living, I really don’t care what the political view that they visibly espouse are.<\/p>\n

But if you don’t believe in someone’s right to say something you don’t believe in, you don’t believe in free speech. Here’s the catch, when Mr. Limbaugh says something I don’t like, I’m allowed to say, “I don’t like that.”<\/p>\n

I think the indignation on both<\/em> sides illustrate to me more than ever that most people don’t get the point of freedom, nor do they really want to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has launched an online petition to express outrage at conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for saying he wanted President Obama to “fail.” – http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/first100days\/2009\/01\/27\/dems-launch-online-petition-rush-limbaugh\/ Now, I don’t have any real use for Mr. Limbaugh.\u00a0\u00a0 I find his critical thinking skills inadequate, I believe his primary motivation is attention and a … <\/p>\n

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