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Originally Posted by Radar
She wasn't trying to control the audience, she was expressing herself. The Audience is free to agree or disagree and to leave the concert. But destruction of property isn't allowed, and isn't the fault of someone expressing themselves. If those audience members don't like what she's saying or otherwise don't like her show, they're free to leave and not purchase her albums anymore.
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Am I missing something, or is the "extremist, violent destruction of property" that we're referring to here the spilling of a few drinks, and maybe one drunk guy ripping down her poster on the way out?
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What is it about the right-wing zealots that they can't grasp the concept of changing the channel or voting with their dollars? If something is offensive on television, the radio, etc. don't violate their rights, just change the channel or turn it off. What's so hard about that?
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What is it about left-wing zealots that always equates “voting with their dollars” as a form of censorship. Dixie-chicks piss off their audience, the core country fan base doesn't want to listen to them anymore, radio stations stop playing their music, and it's a censorship issue, a conservative witch-hunt.
Whoopie makes crude comments about the Prez, Slim-Fast realizes that a pretty good chunk of their market base probably likes the guy, so they vote with their pocketbook and drop her. Suddenly it's a censorship issue; Whoopie releases a statement accusing the Bush re-election campaign of
scheming to harm her financially. I think the conservative right is pretty damn good at voting with their pocketbook. The thing you're pissed about is that our pocketbook holds billion dollar companies like Clear Channel, Newscorp, Nabisco, Aladdin, Icon ...
-sm