Reply #59: Exactly!!

[guitar man]

I smacked a right-winger upside the head with that very analogy last night. He was pissing and moaning about the "PC police" getting Anus kicked off the air an I quietly reminded him of his outrage and support for the boycotting of the Dixie Chicks. what comes around goes around.

Now, as far as the OPs suggestion of "who" should be allowed on the air,I think that's the wrong approach. Rather than "who" should be on the air, it's "what" should be on the air.

Political discourse is fine, but the bigoted hate speech has got to go. Rush, Hannity et al should be welcome on the air,but they need to know that a constant barrage of slurs and hate will not be tolerated, and that boycotts and market forces WILL be deployed to hit them and their employers in the pocketbook to make it so. Any efforts we make should be to "clean up the airwaves", not to ban certain commentators, no matter what we think of their political views.