Freepers cheer SBG's censorship of Iraqi deaths

[Michael Costello]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1126685/posts

Tomorrow's Nightline will "air the names and photos of soldiers who have been killed in combat in Iraq". The Sinclair Broadcast Group has said it will not broadcast Nightline because "we find it to be contrary to the public interest". Huh? Then all the Freepers cheer this. When did the fact that American soldiers dying in Iraq become a big, dirty secret that "patriots" refuse to talk about? Snapshots of people from when they were alive, flag-draped coffins, all seems very respectful to me. Didn't Life magazine run an issue of the week's dead in Life back in the 1960's? I guess out of sight, out of mind.

Aside from public access, PBS, which practically has commercials nowadays, and C-SPAN, which exists on the whim of the cable owners, television is completely controlled by corporations. Radio at least is not at that level although it's mostly corporate controlled. City newspapers are similar. The corporate mass media already is a massive reality distortion field, and has been for decades, now they become upset when reality intrudes once in a while. I'm truly surprised that Freepers are offended to see flag-draped coffins and memorial photos. I guess they're more cynical than I realized.

[Skittles]

1. reading all those names may hurt the GOP

freepers put the interests of their party above the interests of their country - it's that simple and that pathetic.

[lovedems]

2. How friggin' stupid are these people?

Cencorship IS NOT freedom!

They wrap themselves in the flag and applaud everytime this administration or one their corporate friends hacks away at the constitution and our rights.

Stupid, stupid, stupid!

These are the same people who probably think that White Supremists have the right to hand out books on how to make bombs and how to fight the power of the government. But God forbid we list the soldiers who died for their sorry asses. I guess it just depends on what the message is...If they like it, it is our first amendment right. If they don't like it cencorship is fine and dandy.

[Walt Starr]

3. Freepers hate America for it's Freedoms

Who are the REAL inside threat to the american way of life?

FREEPERS!

[MallRat]

4. Check out my post in the other thread.

Quite enlightening.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=1494449&mesg_id=1494617&page=

-MR

[dedhed]

5. Maybe they'll "succeed"....

From that thread...

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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Being a southern guy myself, I keep seeing the divide between the liberal north and the conservative south growing wider and wider. Succession time again?

7 posted on 04/29/2004 8:53:02 AM PDT by ChinaThreat
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Please!! Do us a friggin' favor!!!

:bounce:

[Solon]

6. Oh for crying out loud, can't freepers SPELL?

It's SECESSION not SUCCESSION, two different meanings in that, in fact I remember a funny HBO movie about the governor of Ohio, or Iowa making a misstatement that lead to the U.S. declaring war on the state.

[zbdent]

11. They're proudly asserting the negative "Southern dimwit" stereotype

again.

"Duh, I'll take a glass of that eliminate!"

[happyending]

7. Honor the fallen

Why would anyone begrudge the fallen soldiers this honor?

It's not much, just the mention of their names on television.
It's not as much as they deserve.

I hate war. I was against the war in Iraq since before it
started. But, still, those are our boys and girls and they
died fighting a war we sent them to fight.

I don't understand how the freepers can put politics above
the sacrifice our young people have made. I really don't.

[mmonk]

8. Isn't there some other place on earth

we can send the freepers and there they can build their neocon fundamentalist fascist state?

[No2W2004]

9. WTF????

To: Always Right
If the purpose was to honour the soldiers it might be a great thing.

I told my wife last night if Fox News were doing this, I'd have zero problem with it. I just don't trust the motives of ABC.

It's amazing how the big media is loathed.

[Devils Advocate NZ]

12. Republican Hypocrisy (TM) at its very finest!

"If WE do it, then it's fine and the motives are good, if THEY do it, it's a dirty political stunt, morally equivalent to kicking small dogs!"

My reply to this knucklehead would be:

It's amazing how stupid freepers are. Just when I thought they couldn't get any more stupid, along comes bigeasy_70118 to prove me wrong!

[AussieInCA]

10. maybe the freepers would cheer the removal of the war memorial too

freeper idiots


http://www.vietvet.org/thewall.htm

[Johnny Arson]

13. Sinclair can get bent

Sinclair is the Clearchannel of TV companies. They ruined my local news, they don't pay their reporters anything, they don't buy decent equipment, and they don't try to put out a decent product.

Dishonoring our murdered soldiers is one more reason I heartily say: Fuck Sinclair!
:mad:

[DrWeird]

14. Why do republicans hate our troops?

They are so unamerican.

[Insider]

15. did rush tell them to?

then they would have no choice.