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If it was merely a small subset, the show would air.
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So if one heckler stops a conservative from speaking on a college campus, that's bad, because it's a small subset of the campus, but if a lot of hecklers stop a conservative from speaking on a campus, that's OK. I don't think so.
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Nice bait and switch, but the market place of ideas is not the same thing as the television market place. It will still air on Showtime, and cable TV has traditionally been the place for more risky shows to air.
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People who don't get Showtime (like me, not that I want to watch the thing) now will not be able to see the miniseries. This was the aim of the boycott -- the protesters did not like the substance of what CBS was going to say, and have pushed the show to another forum where it will get less of an audience. The whole point is to keep the miniseries from being seen. Don't you get that?
Why do you think there's an important difference here between "the market place of ideas" and "the televsion market place"? Is a TV just a toaster with pictures? The whole point of this boycott is that it isn't, never mind what Reed Hunt says.
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No offence Ty, but I don't exactly equate you with Milton Friedman when it comes to market forces.
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In light of your posts on this topic, I could hardly take offense at this.
