Turn off Rush: Changing the Channel is not Censorship

I am a pretty much and absolutist when it comes to freedom of speech. Since libel and slander can be addressed in the courts, except for the oft cited “Yelling fire in a crowded theater” example, I think people should have the right to say whatever they feel like. Therefore, I am compelled defend the right of Rush Limbaugh to speak whatever words leak out of the cottage cheese and moss he has between his ears.

You and I, however, are under no compulsion to listen to Rush’s drivel. Whenever Rush comes on, we are free to turn off the radio or television or change the channel. And after Limbaugh’s racist attack on Obama’s response to the crisis in Haiti, if we want to consider ourselves decent, honorable men and women we must refuse to support Rush by listening.

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