I'm outraged that you're such a hypocrite about it. You put yourself forward as this big champion of freedom and choice, and as soon as someone chooses to do something you don't agree with, you try to silence them. Your positions never seem to extend past "this sounds good to get me what I want on this subject", and your convictions are about as deep as your average mud puddle.
And I have no doubt whatsoever that if some rightwing group started a boycott of some leftwing sacred cow TV show, your response would be, "If you don't like it, just don't watch". I'm sure if they were trying to get a bookstore to stop carrying, for example, Obama's books, you'd be screeching from the rafters about censorship, regardless of the fact that it wasn't the government doing it. And don't even waste my time telling me otherwise.
You're a hypocrite.
I'm a hypocrite because you suppose what I might do under certain circumstances if they ever arose? That's another fail....you dun me well enough to predict my actions on any hypothetical, Cecilie. As it happens, I approve of almost all forms of free speech and political activism and think the US is best served by an informed and active electorate, even when they take up a POV I dun approve of.
Unlike you, I dun try to shame anyone who tries to get involved into shutting up and doing nothing. I am not now, and never have been, a fan of apathy.
No, you're a hypocrite because I've SEEN what you do under some circumstances, and I see what you're doing under THESE circumstances, and they aren't the same thing.
Examples?
You're a hypocrite because you're not willing to extend to other people the same rights you claim for yourself.
Examples?
You're a hypocrite because you claim to believe one thing, and then do the opposite when it's convenient for you.
Examples?
As it happens, you DON'T support freedom of speech, or you wouldn't be trying to silence Sarah Palin, and openly admitting that the reason she needs to be not ignored, but REMOVED FROM PUBLIC VIEW, is because she espouses views you don't agree with and because she dares to aspire to be President with those offensive views. Supporting freedom of speech would be changing the channel, not trying to keep people from hearing her.
I said I wanted Palin out of "public life", not "public view". That may seem to you like a small distinction, but it isn't. I used to get pretty agitated over Charleton Heston shilling for the NRA but since he never sought elected office, I did nothing about it.
And as it happens, you DO try to shame people who try to get involved, if they get involved on what you consider the wrong side. I've SEEN you trying to shame other women for not holding the same feminazi views of women's rights that you do. But you're right about one thing. You only try to shame them into espousing the right positions, not into shutting up. When you want them to shut up, you just go for outright censorship.
Again, what government action have I called for that would censor anyone?
At least I'm only TELLING you to shut up, Mad. I'm not out lobbying other people to shut you up for me.
Palin can say any damned thing she wants -- to the guy next to her at the fish cleaning plant. When she addresses 5 Million Americans at a pop, I take action.
Hypocrite.