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The Assault on Honest Debate


               
2012 Oct 11, 8:57am   19,612 views  42 comments

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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307952010/?tag=patricknet-20

An account of how Juan Williams got fired from NPR just for publicly saying that he felt uncomfortable sitting next to obviously Muslims people on airplanes. He didn't even say it on NPR! Shows how political correctness stifles debate -- and how the right wing does it too, maybe even more so.

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1   Jeremy   @   2012 Oct 11, 9:16am  


maybe even more so.

C'mon Patrick.... that's a bit of a trolling shot.
Opinions vary, but I think both "sides" use PC to their advantage any and every time it favors them!
They're always cheap shots, always uncalled for, always blown out of proportion, and it SEVERELY stifles honest debate!!

2   Patrick   @   2012 Oct 11, 10:45am  

I think it's fair to say that the right wing may have even more forbidden opinions than the left wing. Examples:

"If we really want people to keep more of what they earn, we should tax unproductive rent-seeking rather than actual productive work."

"But we really do need some kind of universal health insurance."

"Obama actually did kill Osama where Bush failed, and Obama didn't start any wars."

Those opinions are simply are not acceptable to the right wing, ever.

(OK, that last one is fact rather than opinion.)

3   thomaswong.1986   @   2012 Nov 20, 11:50am  


"Obama actually did kill Osama where Bush failed, and Obama didn't start any wars."

Those opinions are simply are not acceptable to the right wing, ever.

(OK, that last one is fact rather than opinion.)

LOL! so typical of you...

You mean to say when Obama came to office, prior 'seek and destroy' order by Bush were canceled and all prior leads were ignored. And going forward Obama's new orders to 'seek and destroy' were carried out... start from scratch.

Or was it the same orders 'seek and destroy' were carried out ... it was the CIA and security forces that found and killed OBL who had standing orders since 2001.

It was all a matter of time...

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