Free Speech or Too Far?

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You said it yourself when you said that no apology was necessary to Trump.
You're spending a lot of time arguing something I did not say. I said he would be in no position to demand it. I said nothing about being deserved. You really have a hard time arguing what people actually say don't you?
 

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So because Trump's a loser he doesn't deserve an apology from anyone ever. Sorry. There's no "sanity" in that take. Go get checked out for Trump derangement syndrome. Mental illness is covered under Obamacare

Uhmm, if anyone is acting crazy in this thread it's you. Almost everyone, liberals included, has condemned what Griffin did and yet you're desperately trying to pretend there's some sort of double standard happening here.

Seriously, talk about Trump Derangement Syndrome, you're so committed to your political sports team that you are inventing a reality to fight against.
 

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Nobody's supporting this either! You're not attempting to even read the words people say. Meanwhile, regarding Madonna, you'll note that there's a big gulf between saying "I thought about this but realized that it was ridiculous and unproductive" and Nugent saying "I want to do this". Your utter imperviousness to nuance doesn't make anybody else into hypocrites, sorry.



Do unto others. It's apology worthy but someone who makes a policy of never apologizing is owed an apology less than more upstanding individuals.
Where I come from if I wrong someone that someone deserves an apology from me. Simple as that. You have different standards based upon whether you think they're upstanding individuals. That's nuts and it excuses this behavior.
 

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Uhmm, if anyone is acting crazy in this thread it's you. Almost everyone, liberals included, has condemned what Griffin did and yet you're desperately trying to pretend there's some sort of double standard happening here.

Seriously, talk about Trump Derangement Syndrome, you're so committed to your political sports team that you are inventing a reality to fight against.

I would hope we could all agree that what she did was wrong and the wrong was towards Trump himself. If you don't think Trump deserves an apology then you're not looking at this clearly
 

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Where I come from if I wrong someone that someone deserves an apology from me. Simple as that. You have different standards based upon whether you think they're upstanding individuals. That's nuts and it excuses this behavior.

Maybe once Donald Trump apologizes for completely seriously calling for the death of five innocent teenagers people will be more willing to apologize for jokes made about his death. That seems reasonable, wouldn't you say?
 

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Uhmm, if anyone is acting crazy in this thread it's you. Almost everyone, liberals included, has condemned what Griffin did and yet you're desperately trying to pretend there's some sort of double standard happening here.

Seriously, talk about Trump Derangement Syndrome, you're so committed to your political sports team that you are inventing a reality to fight against.

This is quite a pattern on P&N. Like in the indictments thread, where nearly every liberal is skeptical of Louise Mensch, but conservatives are on about how unhinged we are for believing her. When straw men is all you have, that really says something.
 

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I'd say this crossed the line (in terms of taste and baseline respect, not free speech laws). Many people have justifiable reasons to hate Trump, but you don't need to suggest beheading. At least Griffin was quick to apologize... now if only we could get the Ann Coulters and Sean Hannitys of the world to do the same.

She was quick to apologize to her fans; not to Trump or his son Barron. That's not an apology if you don't give it to the agrieved party. It's just a plea to save her job.
 
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Maybe once Donald Trump apologizes for completely seriously calling for the death of five innocent teenagers people will be more willing to apologize for jokes made about his death. That seems reasonable, wouldn't you say?

Absolutely not. He deserves a no strings attached apology. That you want to make it dependent upon some unrelated incident says an awful lot about you.
 

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Pink Floyd's The Wall is one of my all time favorite albums and you could probably make a bet and win that Roger performed quite a few songs from that album with that big ass sign behind him.

Someone linked here Waters performing Sheep at his Berlin (I think?) show back ~August, prior to the election. The video accompan-accumpe-acomp....video was all Trump, and could have been more or less lifted direct from the imagery from the Wall, and was entirely appropriate. It was brilliant. Really cool to see him doing the same in the US.
 
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Where I come from if I wrong someone that someone deserves an apology from me. Simple as that. You have different standards based upon whether you think they're upstanding individuals. That's nuts and it excuses this behavior.
Where I come from, when you declare you will offer no quarter, then you shall receive no quarter. Simple as that.
 

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She was quick to apologize to her fans; not to Trump or his son Barron. That's not an apology if you don't give it to the agrieved party. It's just a plea to save her job.
Are you going to answer this?
Maybe once Donald Trump apologizes for completely seriously calling for the death of five innocent teenagers people will be more willing to apologize for jokes made about his death. That seems reasonable, wouldn't you say?
 

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Absolutely not. He deserves a no strings attached apology. That you want to make it dependent upon some unrelated incident says an awful lot about you.

This does say a lot about your morality that you are so insistent on Griffin apologizing to Trump for a joke but have made no such demand of Trump for something vastly worse. I think we can both agree that such a moral double standard is deeply shameful.

Not only did Trump call for the death of five innocent children, he spent money to promote their execution, something, you know, could have actually happened to them. Then when informed of their innocence he still refused to apologize. For trying to ACTUALLY HAVE THEM KILLED.

It's not surprising that people are less willing to behave decently to such a morally repugnant character, which is why I said once he took steps to correct his grossly immoral behavior he might find others more willing to behave similarly.
 

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If it'd happened to Obama the entire nation would've ground to a halt.

to be fair, that is because Obama actually deserved and still deserves respect. Pretty much everyone hates Trump.

Not that I don't agree that this was in poor, awful taste. There really are some things that are off limits to any pres. Still free speech, but this will be trouble for Griffin.
 

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Where I come from, when you declare you will offer no quarter, then you shall receive no quarter. Simple as that.

Yeah I don't see how this is hard to understand. While Griffin should apologize to Trump for her own sake Trump is in no position to demand an apology from anyone when it comes to death jokes/threats considering his own behavior.
 

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I'd say this crossed the line (in terms of taste and baseline respect, not free speech laws). Many people have justifiable reasons to hate Trump, but you don't need to suggest beheading. At least Griffin was quick to apologize... now if only we could get the Ann Coulters and Sean Hannitys of the world to do the same.

Griffin probably probably intended to apologize all along. This entire incident was all about her, not Trump. Just a desperate plea for attention, "Look at me! Look at Me! Look at MEEEEEEEEEE! I want to sort of stay semi-famous!!!"

But that's not the point. I think most people will agree that what she did was technically legal, but in bad taste and not even remotely funny. Just like her entire career. She's going to get a visit from the Secret Service as a matter of policy and they'll close the case and move on. But that doesn't address the bigger question. Is a high school student doing the same thing about his principal going to be viewed the same way? Can a pissed off homeowner hang up severed effigy heads of neighbors that are pissing him off? The laws are the same, those people have the same first amendment protections that Griffin does, but I get the feeling that the public outcry and official law enforcement reaction would be very different.
 

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This is how Roger Waters opened his show in Kansas City, apparently a few snowflakes got upset


Waters songs delve into his disillusionment of the system. What he was told growing up turned out to be a terrible lie. I really love his music. A little depressing but very deep.
 

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This is quite a pattern on P&N. Like in the indictments thread, where nearly every liberal is skeptical of Louise Mensch, but conservatives are on about how unhinged we are for believing her. When straw men is all you have, that really says something.

Seems like classic projection to me. I think some of the only people who actually believe the 'both sides' nonsense are conservatives.
 

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Yeah I don't see how this is hard to understand. While Griffin should apologize to Trump for her own sake Trump is in no position to demand an apology from anyone when it comes to death jokes/threats considering his own behavior.
This last year has been so unreal, I am beginning to drift toward the idea we are living in a simulation.Observing all the hardcore right wingers belittle others for any emotional reaction to something their heroes do, engage in the same behavior and not realize they are doing it? This cannot be real.
 
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Absolutely not. He deserves a no strings attached apology. That you want to make it dependent upon some unrelated incident says an awful lot about you.

I see we're awfully self-righteous today. Kathy Griffin should not have done what she did, and she should apologize directly for it. However, she probably won't. That's how it goes when you're POTUS. Trump should be apologizing to Obama for claiming he was born outside the country, and for scads of other knowingly false statements he made about Obama, but that isn't going to happen either. I can't recall ever calling for an apology for any of the numerous defamatory remarks that were made about Obama. I never called for such apologies because I'm not naive. And my bet is that you never once called for an apology for anything said about Obama either because frankly, you didn't give a damn. You'll pardon me if I find your sudden burst of moral rectitude to be highly suspect.
 
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Genx87

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This last year has been so unreal, I am beginning to drift toward the idea we are living in a simulation.Observing all the hardcore right wingers belittle others for any emotional reaction to something their heroes do, engage in the same behavior and not realize they are doing it? This cannot be real.

The fact Trump was elected should be proof enough of the surreal nature of the world right now. I have a more cynical view of what is going on. And it wont end well for any of us. I'd love to be 100% wrong.
 

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This last year has been so unreal, I am beginning to drift toward the idea we are living in a simulation.Observing all the hardcore right wingers belittle others for any emotional reaction to something their heroes do, engage in the same behavior and not realize they are doing it? This cannot be real.

Modern American conservatism has become harder and harder to take seriously in the last year, and I didn't take it very seriously before then.

I mean just look at this case. Griffin made a tasteless joke and conservatives fall over themselves to talk about what a horrible person she is and how she is morally required to make an apology. Trump did the same thing, but it wasn't a joke. He spent his own money to take out a newspaper ad calling for the death of five innocent children and then never apologized. Conservatives not only haven't demanded he do so, they decided he should be the president.

It's a testament to how transparently dishonest this outrage is when they consider the standard to be a second rate comedian to be far higher than the standard to be president.
 

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Are you going to answer this?

I did answer that. What Donald Trump apologizes for is irrelevant to whether he deserves an apology from KG. You're just trying to get something out of him. If she came out and took your stance she'd be fired by CNN in less than 12 hrs, it'd be so eggregious.
 

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I see we're awfully self-righteous today. Kathy Griffin should not have done what she did, and she should apologize directly for it. However, she probably won't. That's how it goes when you're POTUS. Trump should be apologizing to Obama for claiming he was born outside the country, and for scads of other knowingly false statements he made about Obama, but that isn't going to happen either. I can't recall ever calling for an apology for any of the numerous defamatory remarks that were made about Obama. I never called for such apologies because I'm not naive. And my bet is that you never once called for an apology for anything said about Obama either because frankly, you didn't give a damn. You'll pardon me if I find your sudden burst of moral rectitude to be highly suspect.

How do you know my opinion of those instances? They have nothing to do with what KG did. Nothing. You can't admit that this was an afront to the President without also bringing up negative things about his past. Sad.
 
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