Update on the Rob, Arnie and Dawn issues
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wook77A follow-up to the Rob, Arnie and Dawn fiasco.
I read this article about previous FTC complaints against the Rob, Arnie and Dawn show and I'm appalled and disgusted. I cannot believe that people didn't act before this.
These two men are absolutely appalling. I have no other word for it other than disgusted noises and keyboard smashes. I thought it was bad enough that these men thought it was funny to joke about beating a transgendered child. But to read over their previous statements? Gah. What a bunch of douchenozzles (word stolen from an unnamed source to protect the innocent).
They've "joked" about SIDs, SUV saftey for children (calling the woman in question a "whore"), incestuous relationships between a father and a son and more. Dude. WTF.
As I've said recently, they have every right to say what they want. I have every right not to provide them with corporate sponsorship or an audience. I have every right to not support them with my money through those corporate sponsors. I have every right to think that they deserve to be fired. That's the way that freedom of speech works. They can say it. I'll defend their right to say it. What I can't and won't do is to endorse it or not respond.
That being said - I'm anxious to see how Thursday, June 11th is going to turn out. It looks like they're finally realizing what they said was wrong. They've realized it before, however, and continue to make horrible statements. So I'm not too trusting of what they're going on about.
I read this article about previous FTC complaints against the Rob, Arnie and Dawn show and I'm appalled and disgusted. I cannot believe that people didn't act before this.
These two men are absolutely appalling. I have no other word for it other than disgusted noises and keyboard smashes. I thought it was bad enough that these men thought it was funny to joke about beating a transgendered child. But to read over their previous statements? Gah. What a bunch of douchenozzles (word stolen from an unnamed source to protect the innocent).
They've "joked" about SIDs, SUV saftey for children (calling the woman in question a "whore"), incestuous relationships between a father and a son and more. Dude. WTF.
As I've said recently, they have every right to say what they want. I have every right not to provide them with corporate sponsorship or an audience. I have every right to not support them with my money through those corporate sponsors. I have every right to think that they deserve to be fired. That's the way that freedom of speech works. They can say it. I'll defend their right to say it. What I can't and won't do is to endorse it or not respond.
That being said - I'm anxious to see how Thursday, June 11th is going to turn out. It looks like they're finally realizing what they said was wrong. They've realized it before, however, and continue to make horrible statements. So I'm not too trusting of what they're going on about.
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Date: 2009-06-07 10:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-07 10:34 pm (UTC)Exactly on the freedom thing. <3
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Date: 2009-06-07 10:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-08 04:30 am (UTC)I highly doubt they'll mean any of it.
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Date: 2009-06-07 11:17 pm (UTC)Freedom of speech is not the right to verbally oppress; it is the right to defend yourself from being oppressed. And without people defending themselves from this kind of behaviour, we'd still be in a society where women have no rights, blacks are slaves, etc. That's just the bare reality of it. It completely baffles me how so many people cannot comprehend such a simple concept.
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Date: 2009-06-08 04:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-07 11:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-08 04:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-11 02:59 pm (UTC)You may already know this, but Bob & Arnie are streaming live from 7:30 - 10:00 am PDT (http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/entercom/player/?id=KRXQ) this morning, and the whole program seems to be devoted to the issue.