Agreed, private industry and people for that matter should have every right to do business with, employ and associate with whoever they please.
But the fact remains that he was not there to make money from the air time that they gave him. Rather, he was there to promote the political ends of a self-important investor. - - - Updated - - - What has that ugly old twit really done to advance a liberal agenda?
Nice! way to turn it around on them. They'll make arguments like the above, Jackster.....but we both know progressive "liberty" only goes one way.... compliance with cultural marxist dogma, or else. Unless you're a progressive, of course....like actor Alec Baldwin...or a "comedian" like Bill Maher ....or a gratuitous violence and sex pimping Hollywood producer....or one of their useful idiot "rappers"...then, either mum's the word....or they hastily trot out the 1st Amendment. Let a right-winger call one of their operatives a "slut"...or a nationally unknown political hopeful clumsily utter "legitimate rape", however..... and the groupthink cacophony of progressive hysterics can be heard from coast to coast....eagerly transmitted by their "objective" Fourth Estate.
Uh... no. He's there primarily because he generates attention. Advancing a certain narrative is only a bonus.
Is that the same as the groupthink by a bunch of alleged conservatives rushing top defend the silliness of Deen? Your post is everything you criticize others for. Deen's publisher is in the business to make money, not further some agenda. If they do not want to publish Deen's light cooking book, a hilarious topic by a lady that ate her way into diabetes in my opinion, then why should they?
Uh...no. He's "there" because business owners pay a premium to inform his millions of listeners of the goods and services they offer.
She's paying with her current livelihood because she made the grievous error of complying with the cultural marxist tenets of the High Church of Progressive Dogma, and hiring a member of their useful idiot victim classes....who, under the pretense of "discrimination", is attempting to extort money from her enterprise.... Damned if you do, damned if you don't. which was the basic point of my first post in this thread. (Incidentally....the astute may notice progressive media and street level progressive dogma parrots are treating this issue almost IDENTICALLY to the Evil "white" Zimmerman / Saint Trayvon case....scratch that..."cause" )
If the fat-headed SOB blankets the same area from three different stations, how have they any choice but to do business with the bloated moronic eunuch?
Awww....ever the poor victim.... Why don't you nut up and sell your vast intellect and ability to entertain and articulate ideas to a mass audience and pull advertisers away from him....? Oh.....that's right...you're a leftist.....I suspect "fairness" [doctrine] dictates you'd rather the "playing field be leveled" by big nanny government intervening in his business, and ultimately forcing him off the air.
I was reading between the lines...being a bit presumptuous...as is my nature .....but after reviewing your previous comments, I see I was in error. Apologies.
They do have a choice. They choose and they profit accordingly. It's not the choice you prefer but it isn't up to you.
But the problem is....for liberals and Democrats this only works one way. There's that double standard. Her company...the Food Network.....didn't even give the free market a chance. They simply immediately fired her.....instead of at least waiting til this lawsuit is decided and the finding that Paula Deen DID discrimate against the complaining employee. I really don't see an outcry from libs and Dems about the rap music industry which is so popular with our young folks......and they are saying that stuff today; not decades ago. They promote the use of the word. It certainly seems like people want to buy from them, right? Both the movie and music industry.....pretty much run by liberals never makes a move to stop any of it. I never heard one Democrat/liberal say that the late Senator Robt Byrd should be removed from the Senate when he said in recent years (before his death) the "n" word on national tv. So, whenever I start to see some consistency from the left on these issues and their dropping the double standards, IMHO, they have no standing on these issues.
So your argument here is that because Deen is a (*)(*)(*)(*)ing moron Democrats suck? I am amazed that the blind partisanship infecting your posts can make the illogical leap from Deen's publisher not publishing her stupid book to Democrats suck.
Yes, TFM....progressive democrats suck....to emphasize the point, let's explore their "outrage" over tweets by the progressive left's useful idiots threatening "to kill whitey/cracka" if Zimmerman walks...it's non-existent....not one progressive media site that I can find has mentioned anything versus this pathetic report; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...daughter-ice-cream-dadkilledit_n_3518979.html by progressive propaganda mill HuffPo....which is attempting to attach a tweet by a Zimmerman defense attorney's daughter to the attorney in an effort to malign and discredit the defense of a "white" man who is perceived to have violated the Cultural Marxist Tenets of the High Church of Progressive Dogma in at least two ways...."racism" and "gun control" the duplicity is staggering....and criminal...and perfectly acceptable.
The fact is that I found a person that actually knows her well that is black that doesn't think she's racist. Do people actually know in what context this was used? I think if someone put a gun to my head, I'd probably be a lot more creative than just using the N word. Lawyer: Have you ever used the N-word yourself? Deen: Yes, of course. Lawyer: Okay. In what context? Deen: Well, it was probably when a black man burst into the bank that I was working at and put a gun to my head.
Yes, I understand that it seems to be a common theme, a schtick of sorts, to sit there and attack those in a different party than you. No worries, both sides seem to do it, with partisanship running deep by many. Unfortunately, no one seems to be able to qualify their blanket statements with anything approaching a thought out dissertation.
My "dissertation" was thoughtfully presented in the portion of my comment you conveniently snipped and failed to address. So...I'll ask again.....why, TFM, are sucky progressive democrats and their sucky media propagandists opting to completely ignore their long coddled and exploited useful idiot's racist death threat tweets...while playing up an innocuous tweet by the white daughter of a white lawyer charged with defending a "white" Zimmerman?
Damn, TFM....you said "your".....In my wise and correct opinion, "this isn't about me", so "leave me out of it" Oh, and "insult duly noted"
Did you have something related to the thread topic you wanted to post that was directed towards me? By all means, feel free to.
(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*). I said it. So now does that mean I should lose my livelihood because of it? You people suck.
This really is PC run amok. How many racist rappers, musicians & comedians, get by just fine? All of them actually. They can say terrible things about white people and use the N word all day long in their songs and make millions? Hypocrisy? Yep.
