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In reply to the discussion: faux news blaring in optometrist office. i left [View all]vanlassie
(5,670 posts)64. You don't think they have the right to ask.
The right? Ummm. I think they do. And the business owner has the right to chose not to respond. If they refused to use air conditioning in the heat if summer I might ask them to turn it on. And they could say no. And then they would know why they lost me as a customer. Free country all around. Nothing to do with rudeness OR censorship.
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a zimmerman segment was about start. it hit me emotIonally, welled up in me to flee
Liberal_in_LA
Jul 2013
#7
I have told them to change it now or I leave ...now. The 2 times I did that they changed it.
L0oniX
Jul 2013
#9
I told the woman in the bank (actually a credit union) we were thinking of transferring
senseandsensibility
Jul 2013
#20
a small clothing store was blaring explcit rap . n-word, anti.women lyrics
Liberal_in_LA
Jul 2013
#23
You do realize they are paid by Fox to have the TV set to their station. Usually
CK_John
Jul 2013
#22
I know what you mean. I was in a waiting room today at the hospital and they had
southernyankeebelle
Jul 2013
#27
Well it will only change if when we go to places that have this vile station on ask them
southernyankeebelle
Jul 2013
#31
It's so common--everywhere you go. I'm old and crabby enough to ask for a channel change, now.
MADem
Aug 2013
#45
they have a lovely 100 gallon salt water tank. viewing the fish was accompanied by the faux bs
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2013
#68
And the purpose of the FCC as created by FDR was to maintain diversity of opinion so it wouldn't
freshwest
Aug 2013
#44
I just quit doing business with a repair shop I had rec'd to everyone and used for years.
freshwest
Aug 2013
#40