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Re: Duck Dynasty Controversy
« Reply #20 on: December 20, 2013, 06:28:14 AM »
Can I just ask why anyone would take a show called "Duck Dynasty" seriously?

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Re: Duck Dynasty Controversy
« Reply #21 on: December 20, 2013, 06:33:05 AM »
Can I just ask why anyone would take a show called "Duck Dynasty" seriously?

I'm not sure anyone actually does.
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Re: Duck Dynasty Controversy
« Reply #22 on: December 20, 2013, 06:33:47 AM »
Can I just ask why anyone would take a show called "Duck Dynasty" seriously?

They got their vowels mixed up in the first word and thought it was just a different name for Game of Thrones.
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Re: Duck Dynasty Controversy
« Reply #23 on: December 20, 2013, 08:52:35 AM »
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« Reply #24 on: December 20, 2013, 12:11:58 PM »
Can I just ask why anyone would take a show called "Duck Dynasty" seriously?

I was very disappointed to find out it was nothing like Ducktales.

What gets me is these television companies first air the comments, then try to pretend it's not all their fault that people heard something offensive.

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« Reply #25 on: December 20, 2013, 12:19:36 PM »
Can I just ask why anyone would take a show called "Duck Dynasty" seriously?

I was very disappointed to find out it was nothing like Ducktales.

What gets me is these television companies first air the comments, then try to pretend it's not all their fault that people heard something offensive.
What? The comments were made in GQ magazine...

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« Reply #26 on: December 20, 2013, 12:27:32 PM »
Can I just ask why anyone would take a show called "Duck Dynasty" seriously?

I was very disappointed to find out it was nothing like Ducktales.

What gets me is these television companies first air the comments, then try to pretend it's not all their fault that people heard something offensive.
What? The comments were made in GQ magazine...

then it's GQ's fault.

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Re: Duck Dynasty Controversy
« Reply #27 on: December 20, 2013, 12:59:33 PM »
Meh.
A silly thing for him to say, honestly.  When you're in the spotlight of the public eye, you no longer have freedom of speech.  I'm shocked that this wasn't explained to him when the show was first created.  Or maybe it was and he just slipped.

In any case, what he said was foolish and may have just killed his career on television.

Every man has the freedom to speak his mind.  They are not, however, immune to the consequences of what they say.
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Re: Duck Dynasty Controversy
« Reply #28 on: December 20, 2013, 01:23:34 PM »
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you no longer have freedom of speech

yes you do. You just don't have the freedom to have an international platform to speak from.

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« Reply #29 on: December 20, 2013, 01:29:36 PM »
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you no longer have freedom of speech

yes you do. You just don't have the freedom to have an international platform to speak from.
But freedom of speech means that you can say what you want (within reason) without consequence.  Telling a bank teller that you're robbing them isn't covered but saying you like bank robbers is.

When you get onto the national stage, your opinions have real and very sharp consequences.  If Justin Beiber went on stage and said "I hate Christians", his career would likely be over instantly.  Not because he did something illegal, but because his freedom to express his opinions is now weighed against the nation's opinion.  It's not much different than being in a strict Muslim country and talking about women's rights.  Or protesting gun violence at an NRA meeting.
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« Reply #30 on: December 20, 2013, 02:41:08 PM »
Their Freedom of Speech is the same as ever, just now there are larger consequences for being "offensive".  Your analogy about speaking on women's rights in a strict Muslim country is not very apt though.  Dissent is most definitely allowed in the USA.  Yes it may ruin your career, but it will not visit punishment by the government.

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« Reply #31 on: December 20, 2013, 06:07:46 PM »
But freedom of speech means that you can say what you want (within reason) without consequence.

No, it doesn't. There are always consequences.
LD, your definition of Freedom of Speech is really weird and just.. wrong. It was never about saying what you want without consequences, ever. You are legally allowed to voice your opinions but there will always be consequences to that. You can't just call your boss an asshole and not expect to get fired.
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Re: Duck Dynasty Controversy
« Reply #32 on: December 20, 2013, 06:11:52 PM »
Freedom of consequence

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« Reply #33 on: December 20, 2013, 06:20:59 PM »
And that freedom will never be the same.
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Re: Duck Dynasty Controversy
« Reply #34 on: December 20, 2013, 07:04:22 PM »
Then how do you define freedom of speech?  If the government put people in jail for voicing anti-american opinions, that's just a consequence right?
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Re: Duck Dynasty Controversy
« Reply #35 on: December 20, 2013, 07:11:41 PM »
Well there are laws against hate speech. Usually the consequences to Free Speech are judged fairly nebulously along the lines of "does the speech impinge unnecessarily on another's rights and is the consequence appropriate to the free speech."

Re: Duck Dynasty Controversy
« Reply #36 on: December 20, 2013, 07:12:16 PM »
Freedom of speech means without consequences from the government, not from public opinion. 

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Re: Duck Dynasty Controversy
« Reply #37 on: December 20, 2013, 08:54:30 PM »
Freedom of speech means without consequences from the government, not from public opinion.
How can it be free if it's only free from one entity, especially when the elected officials are there based on public opinion?
If you are going to DebOOonK an expert then you have to at least provide a source with credentials of equal or greater relevance. Even then, it merely shows that some experts disagree with each other.

Re: Duck Dynasty Controversy
« Reply #38 on: December 20, 2013, 09:25:38 PM »
How can the government protect someone from public opinion based on their own statements?  That's an idiotic idea.

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Re: Duck Dynasty Controversy
« Reply #39 on: December 20, 2013, 09:33:19 PM »
Freedom of speech means without consequences from the government, not from public opinion.
How can it be free if it's only free from one entity, especially when the elected officials are there based on public opinion?

It's a freedom of expression only.