Sunday, September 17, 2017

Some Trumpsters Not Enamored With 1st Amendment

'The New York Daily News'
TV viewers keep asking the FCC to punish CNN for Trump coverage even though it can't
"Since late June, viewers have filed more than 1,100 FCC complaints about news coverage of Trump. No other topic has consumed them as overwhelmingly as CNN, the news channel Trump has trashed more than any other.

Out of the complaints, about 750 call for CNN to be taken off the air or lose its broadcasting license, which the FCC cannot do. Nearly a dozen accuse CNN of broadcasting "illegal" content and committing "treason" or "crimes against America."
They need to be taken off the air. Along with ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC. Also NY TIMES, WASHINGTON POST...DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!!!!"

Hypocrisy Much?
Conservative media has been squawking for months complaining about how their speakers are being suppressed on college campuses and elsewhere in public. Most of the focus has been on the conservative speakers' rights to first amendment speech.

Yeah well--looks like nobody is satisfied these days
Here's what I suggest. Everybody stick a sock in it--whether it be on the right or left--don't like something--don't protest, attend, read or watch it. The more either side gets worked up the harder the other side will dig in their heels.

Speeches and rallies are practically useless. They accomplish nothing. Who cares what a bunch of blowhards who make a living off this kind of stuff at rallies, on TV, in the newspapers and on websites have to say. Nine out of ten times they only attract their own brand of followers influencing no one beyond them anyway.

Rather then worrying so much about what someone else is saying we should pay more attention to the things that really matter. Things like our commonalities rather then what divides us. No better examples were set then what happened in Houston or Florida. No one gave a damn if their neighbor was Republican, Democrat, gay or no matter what--they felt the commonality between themselves.

It seems to me unless there's a catastrophe we become bored and start playing these mindless games. Why can't we always have a mindset like this? To work towards the betterment of each another without these horrible attitudes focusing on those which we pretend makes us separate.


Yep--still works for me today.

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