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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]branford
(4,462 posts)The OP altered passwords and stole her employers remote in a intentional attempt to deny them the ability to watch the channel of their choice. How is that ever OK?
My feeling would not change if the OP's employer were liberal and the television was set to MSNBC, Democracy Now!, RT or even Sesame Street, and a conservative employee changed the channel, altered the password and stole the remote.
The employer had the right to watch whatever it wanted on its own television, just like the OP can choose to watch what she wants on her television. She apparently didn't even bother to ask her employer to change the station.
Additionally, your allegation of RW indoctrination in waiting rooms is absurd. You are not forced to go to any of those commercial establishments, and can either ask them to change the channel or take you business elsewhere. It really is that simple.
I'm saddened by reading so many posts here on liberal DU that seem to believe that we have a right not to be offended or can substitute our judgment for others on matters of speech and other important constitutional concerns. I expect such ridiculousness from nutty members of the right-wing, but it appears that hypocrisy is alive and well even among those who otherwise agree with me on other social and financial matters.