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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]former9thward
(32,272 posts)36. I am with you there.
I separate politics from entertainment.
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People are "talking about banning everything connected with the South during the Civil War"?
arcane1
Jun 2015
#1
deterioration? Hank Williams Jr. is a retrograde fucknut. Most Americans don't agree with him.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#34
I'm saying that when you start dancing down the road of censoring speech that is unpopular
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#55
And a dissenting opinion in a supreme court case carries exactly zero legal weight.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#67
You say you're not talking about 'banning something that ticks off someone' and then proceed to give
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#74
Regulation, yes. However, it is notable that the march was allowed to proceed on 1A grounds.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#78
Maybe you should ask yourself why the rest of the justices all felt differently.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#92
Again, I remember when the Nazis marched in Skokie, and I come from a family of Jews.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#94
So go ahead and have someone arrested for flying the confederate flag, or making a shitty song.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#96
Wasn't that nitwit banned from ..... football? His little royalty cash cow song got the ax?
MADem
Jun 2015
#104
I'm no expert on either, myself, but I thought he was the "Are you ready for some football"
MADem
Jun 2015
#111
After listening to that song, I'm leaving DU and not because I want to. I plan..
BlueJazz
Jun 2015
#57
Thank you. I did not know about that one. Bookmarking. I have a feeling I may want to
merrily
Jun 2015
#33
that is the contextually relevant bit that the half-wits who say Washington DC should be renamed are
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#59
If the south had won, when would they have given up their slaves? The ones they fought so hard for?
pnwmom
Jun 2015
#21
Every girl child sent to Georgia to learn to talk with that southern accent that drives men wild?
prayin4rain
Jun 2015
#62
She sang a lot of songs about the south. I remember "Blue Bayou" and the Billy McAllister/Bridge
Cleita
Jun 2015
#28
If the South had won the war, it would have been in charge of deciding how to interpret
pnwmom
Jun 2015
#101
Sorry, I had thought you must be talking about a Baez cover of the Hank Williams song.
pnwmom
Jun 2015
#121
I don't listen to any music associated with that damn flag, including Lynryd skynryd.
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#27
Who's talking about banning everything connected to the South, besides Fox screamers?
Orsino
Jun 2015
#43
Not "banned" by law, but YouTube and other sites have the right to decline to host it,
Nye Bevan
Jun 2015
#45
This "banning this" and "banning that" shit is getting entirely out of control.
WillowTree
Jun 2015
#50
Heck no, This is a great reminder of what we could have suffered through
Live and Learn
Jun 2015
#107
I don't think any songs should be banned but there are a lot of songs in bad taste
gollygee
Jun 2015
#115