Why do liberals support censorship?

Question

Someone told me moveon.org has a petition to stop abc from airing a two day docudrama. None of these people have seen it to make a determination about its content, yet they are all willing to sign a petition for its removal.

Follow up question:

Why are liberals such obvious hypocrites?

avery, sorry, I havn't spent my entire day here as you have, so I didn't know.

you need a link to moveon.org? Ok, here it is, www.moveon.org , see, you put the www at the begining. It means world wide web, then the dot, then the website I told you about.

so you have not seen it yet, and you say it misrepresents the truth?

That makes sense, you must have heard it from a reliable source. Someone like Bill Clinton. He would never lie, unless he was talking to a grand jury.

ryguy,, uh, go to the website i said. Then look at the giant red square at the very top, taking up a quarter of the page. It asks you to sign a petition to not let abc air the show.

brady, where were the liberals when these lies were being told:

http://www.davekopel.com/Terror/Fiftysix-Deceits-in-Fahrenheit-911.htm

dont be a hypocrite

Answer 1

I am liberal and want to see the new mini-series.

I love all non-partisan true documentaries like "Dixie Chicks, Shut Up and Sing", and Michael Moore's true life documentaries.

Answer 2

The ABC mini series, "Path to 9/11" is presented in the format of a reenactment and will be interpreted by many in that way. Unless it has been re-edited, it distorts historical events by including fictional scenes which blame and demonize real-life characters of one political party, while whitewashing the actions of characters of another political party. Albright, Clarke are others shown calling off a strike on Bin Laden for frivolous reasons, where boots are on the ground and where Bin Laden certainly would have been killed. These events simply did not occur according to the 9-11 Commission Report. This Report was based on sworn testimony and the review of many documents. There is plenty of drama in the actual true story of 9-11; there is no reason to add to the story line by making up certain events. The screenwriter is a well known ultraconservative and a friend of Rush Limbaugh. Basically then, the mini series blames 9-11 almost totally on negligent failures of the Clinton administration and it does this by inventing certain scenes and dialog.

Republicans had an inaccurate docudrama about Reagan pulled totally from broadcast TV a few years ago. It appeared only on Showtime.
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This has also been in the news for several days.

Answer 3

Excuse me, but when CBS planned to air a docu-drama about the Reagans, the Republican party bitched and moaned until they took it off. I would never use the word hypocrite to describe anyone but a conservative.
911 is trying to get blamed on Clinton, like everything else that is wrong with this country. They say he could have gotten bin Laden if it wasn't for Lewinsky, however, it was the Republican party that spent thousands to bring it to the public. The problem with the Middle East began with the Senior Bush, and you all know it. The son has opened up a hornets nest. You know now and so does everyone else, that Saddam had nothing to do with 911.

Answer 4

A petition to convince a station to not air a program is not censorship. It's capitalism. A mandate of the people, especially a large organized mandate in the form of something like a petition, is a perfectly reasonable way to effect change. It's unfortunate that many of these people haven't seen the show, but then, do you even know if they haven't seen it? For that matter, do you even know if this petition exists? You just heard about it from someone.

You are here protesting a petition that you haven't seen. Better check the facts. Maybe you're a hypocrite.


Fine fine, it's still not censorship, not by a longshot.

Answer 5

Just saw the news today talking about this... former President Clinton & some others are upset because the mini-series(not documentary),starring Harvey Keitel is factually incorrect with it's portrayal of the political history & the governments, prior to 9-11. ABC has agreed to change & alter the mini-series to be more truthfully accurate.
People can be hypocrites of all political groups. Breath deep & search for the truth with tolerance.

Answer 6

Do you remember the CBS movie, "The Reagans," that ended up being aired on Showtime? The conservatives did their best to keep it form being aired on CBS while the liberals were screaming "censorship!" Now I predict the liberals will do their best to keep it from airing while the conservatives cry "censorship."

What a bunch of hypocrites on both sides!

If the conservatives cry "foul" when this movie gets bumped from ABC to cable, then they will be hypocrits, too.

* The petition says *
""The Path to 9/11" is a partisan movie, written and produced by a right-wing activist who fabricated key scenes to blame Democrats and defend Republicans.
The movie appears to be part of a coordinated push -- including speeches by President Bush and millions of dollars in advertising -- to exploit the five-year anniversary of 9/11 for political gain.
ABC must not air partisan propaganda on 9/11."

I have no problem with the liberals expressing their opinion through this petition. I only have a problem with the hypocrisy. When the conservatives did the same type of thing for the "Reagan" movie, the liberals were screaming "censorship!"

Answer 7

This just shows your ignorance. ABC has already decided to edit the show due to factual errors. It was the Clinton Group that brought it to ABC's attention that the drama misquoted people and had false facts. They asked ABC to either edit it or not show it because of these errors.

This was to go on the record and show that the Clinton Group was not endorsing the drama as fact, otherwise it would have seemed that they were okay with it being as it was shown.

ABC did the right thing and will air it with the correct edits to adhere to reality and not dramatized fiction.

Get your facts straight before posting a question like this filled with ignorance and hate. It was on ABC's website as well as Yahoo! If you rely on most conservative websites and publications you will probably not get all the facts. Read a little and educate yourself.

Answer 8

I think that the propaganda piece, "Path to 9/11" should be shown in it's entirety AFTER the November elections. It is obvious that this cheesy manipulated pile of crap was created and funded by the the right-wing to sway the electorate (not all that sophisticated to begin with) to vote for candidates who support the Bush regime's rape of America. That ABC would participate in such a sham seems to indicate that they have either been intimidated or infiltrated by the fascist elements trying to totally control America for their own benefit.

Answer 9

Censorship is whilst the government or different authority actively, by tension or possibility of tension, stops human beings from disseminating specific innovations or counsel. truthfully not one of the imprecise generalizations you point out on your question come everywhere on the fringe of being censorship. in any respect. i do no longer think of our pledge could say "below god." I additionally do no longer think of it is going to declare "bibbity bobbity boo," or "enable's all get bare and roll around in jello." it is my opinion. it is not censorship because of the fact i do no longer opt to end YOU from asserting those issues, in case you like; I do exactly no longer think of our pledge could comprise them.

Answer 10

I just Googled this thing, and someone on the IMDB page says that the Republican party reacted the same way to a "docu-drama" about Reagan, so if that's the case, you really can't blame them.