Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Apr 09 2004
Driven To Distraction
For those of you who think the whole FCC crackdown on fines for certain words and pictures on the public airwaves will hush people like Howard Stern, be aware that Stern's site (which is really busy right now) has links to articles such as this one, and this one. When you try to muzzle free speech--including free speech you might not approve of and might even call "indecent", you invite a whole flock of people to run over and notice the one whose indecent speech is being repressed. Whether you like Howard Stern's racy material or not, you have to admit that he certainly knows how to use his material to influence others politically.
Those who fall all over themselves to condemn Stern's use of bathroom humor and skin shows are so focused on those issues that they fail to notice that a lot of other people are aligning themselves with Stern's free speech and anti-Bush stances. They're certainly doing a good job of putting Stern in his place. It looks to me like they've got him right where he wants them.
posted at: 09:14 | category: /Arts and Entertainment | link to this entry
For those of you who think the whole FCC crackdown on fines for certain words and pictures on the public airwaves will hush people like Howard Stern, be aware that Stern's site (which is really busy right now) has links to articles such as this one, and this one. When you try to muzzle free speech--including free speech you might not approve of and might even call "indecent", you invite a whole flock of people to run over and notice the one whose indecent speech is being repressed. Whether you like Howard Stern's racy material or not, you have to admit that he certainly knows how to use his material to influence others politically.
Those who fall all over themselves to condemn Stern's use of bathroom humor and skin shows are so focused on those issues that they fail to notice that a lot of other people are aligning themselves with Stern's free speech and anti-Bush stances. They're certainly doing a good job of putting Stern in his place. It looks to me like they've got him right where he wants them.
posted at: 09:14 | category: /Arts and Entertainment | link to this entry
