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rbrnmw

(7,160 posts)
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 09:19 AM Nov 2012

Fox News should be charged with Sedition I'm serious [View all]

They are very dangerous, people laugh at them on our side. We know that it's a propaganda machine for the GOP, but it seems a lot of people don't. This business with Benghazi is really pissing me off and every time I try to correct the record I get told that it's been proven that the President knew about the attacks beforehand. I was just told I'm a political hack and I have on Rose Colored glasses because it's evident that I am in denial because I am trying to get the President Reelected. The person who told me that isn't a very political person and usually doesn't vote but I would consider him reasonably intelligent and have never seen him get this upset over anything. He truly is convinced that the President purposely let the Benghazi attack happen. This isn't a man who gets mad easily and this is the only time he has ever been mad at me. Fox News is going to get the President killed by turning up the heat on this situation. I think it is criminal what they are doing.

“If any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or publishing, or shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid in its writing, printing, uttering, or publishing any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said government, or either house of the said Congress, or the said President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt and disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States or to stir up sedition within the United States - See more at: http://www.laprogressive.com/right-wing-sedition/#sthash.87FiX5vC.dpuf
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I agree madokie Nov 2012 #1
++++++++++ The Wielding Truth Nov 2012 #130
Uhhh Iggy Nov 2012 #2
Next door neighbors son is a died in the wool liberal justiceischeap Nov 2012 #4
I've witnessed similar "transitions." OneGrassRoot Nov 2012 #7
I believe they use sophisticated methods of influence siligut Nov 2012 #154
LARGER Point Iggy Nov 2012 #15
Posts are easier to read if you let DU format them instead of putting in your own line breaks. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2012 #23
It's partly display screens of different widths. mojowork_n Nov 2012 #83
Actually, you can see that my screen is wider than the DU width, so just let DU break the lines. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2012 #88
So why was the sample you pasted much more broken up than what I saw on my display? n/t mojowork_n Nov 2012 #92
Probably your DU window is about half the width of one of the poster's lines. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2012 #102
The problem is dbt94gt Nov 2012 #24
And many more intelligent voters Iggy Nov 2012 #25
And then you have the kind of stupid that NC Legislators wield - "banning" sea level rise! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #28
Correction: Ineeda Nov 2012 #35
yep heaven05 Nov 2012 #44
i AGREE Tippy Nov 2012 #51
Are you sure he is a "dyed in the wool liberal"? vaberella Nov 2012 #68
Yes, he's definitely a lib. He's actually disappointed in the President justiceischeap Nov 2012 #106
It just doesn't make sense to me though. vaberella Nov 2012 #126
That was the point of my post justiceischeap Nov 2012 #132
Still doesn't jive with Fox News who hates the fact Obama doesn't push more war. vaberella Nov 2012 #153
Does he not have the right to be disappointed in the President? ChillZilla Nov 2012 #139
Not once in my post say he didn't have a right to be disappointed in the President justiceischeap Nov 2012 #142
My nephew, a marine, was an Obama supporter than went on another tour, came back jillan Nov 2012 #86
AFN which airs garbage and loud-mouthed Tea Partiers SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #90
Like Ed Schultz and Rachael Maddow? Lightbulb_on Nov 2012 #146
They rotate and when my husband was there they stayed on stupid SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #151
But that was cute of you to respond to my post that way SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #152
I aim to please... Lightbulb_on Nov 2012 #158
Oh NO! My son went to visit his Dad in Calif and do some work Cha Nov 2012 #128
It is frightening and stirring hatred amoung many thousands of uninformed... Walk away Nov 2012 #5
LOL!!!! PLEASE Give Me a Break Iggy Nov 2012 #19
Are you emailing your posts into DU? ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2012 #59
He was not and is not a racist. However, he now believes that Obama.... Walk away Nov 2012 #111
OK... this still proves this guy is apparently a moron Iggy Nov 2012 #112
Do you have any idea how many morons vote? Walk away Nov 2012 #129
Yes, I do.. and Iggy Nov 2012 #136
We don't have anything in common so I'll just say... Walk away Nov 2012 #150
You're Correct, I'm Dealing with Fundamental Reality Iggy Nov 2012 #155
In Addition Iggy Nov 2012 #156
You obviously are not from a rural area Tumbulu Nov 2012 #122
Yes I am in a rural area, and Iggy Nov 2012 #141
Using public airwaves is not a right Tumbulu Nov 2012 #161
Sedition rbrnmw Nov 2012 #10
Wrong, Iggy Doctor_J Nov 2012 #13
I disagree with that SemperEadem Nov 2012 #21
EXACTLY Iggy Nov 2012 #32
Dozens, eh? Iggy Nov 2012 #115
I'm with you Doctor_J Tumbulu Nov 2012 #123
There is a first amendment that protects false noise. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #17
The First Amendment has exceptions. tabasco Nov 2012 #55
which one applies here? onenote Nov 2012 #95
It's Moot, Anyway Iggy Nov 2012 #113
Not for political discourse, even lies. Guess YOU forgot about THAT. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #133
Fox news has ruined the discourse in this country abelenkpe Nov 2012 #64
Correct x 1000!!!!!! Tumbulu Nov 2012 #124
Because Faux Snooze is a cable channel? FrodosPet Nov 2012 #178
What is your suggestion on how to deal with the mental pollution Tumbulu Nov 2012 #188
Knowledge! FrodosPet Nov 2012 #194
And how do you recommend Tumbulu Nov 2012 #198
How is ANY knowledge disseminated? FrodosPet Nov 2012 #201
Trying to do any of that in a rabid red violence incited rural area Tumbulu Nov 2012 #202
I was thinking libel/slander LeftInTX Nov 2012 #79
Not a First Amendment issue at all nichomachus Nov 2012 #91
bzzt. the first protects speech cali Nov 2012 #166
The right to say what one wants is one thing Tumbulu Nov 2012 #121
Posts like yours scare the bejeezus out of me. cali Nov 2012 #3
Cali speaks wisdom, kids. nt Codeine Nov 2012 #61
+1 (emphatically) FreeJoe Nov 2012 #148
Yup, they've told the lie so many times it has become "truth". JaneyVee Nov 2012 #6
Everything faux people say is BULLSHIT........ Buddaman Nov 2012 #8
Okay atreides1 Nov 2012 #9
Propaganda is hard to resist. IdaBriggs Nov 2012 #11
"Don't Complain About the Media... Iggy Nov 2012 #20
^^This^^ 99Forever Nov 2012 #38
yeah-- true NoMoreWarNow Nov 2012 #39
Opinion Outlets are worthless Iggy Nov 2012 #114
It will be up to us to take them down Doctor_J Nov 2012 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author rbrnmw Nov 2012 #14
Every time rbrnmw Nov 2012 #16
that's because some of us think that trashing the First Amendment is kind of kooky. onenote Nov 2012 #94
"...you hear The First Amendment blah blah blah and your looked at like some kook" sl8 Nov 2012 #101
Maybe because making up laws that don't exist IS being a kook. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #135
^ + 1,000 n/t upi402 Nov 2012 #33
Well, if this election will be such a tremendous landslide for Obama, why is Fox a problem? ChillZilla Nov 2012 #138
That was a disgraceful period of our early history. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #18
+1 nt Codeine Nov 2012 #63
The Republican Congressman that were at the meeting oldbanjo Nov 2012 #22
Yes they should rbrnmw Nov 2012 #27
what are you talking about? cali Nov 2012 #34
re rbrnmw Nov 2012 #43
do you ever stop to think before you post this kind of stuff? cali Nov 2012 #46
I have canvassing to do now rbrnmw Nov 2012 #52
yes heaven05 Nov 2012 #42
you'll get no argument from me 2pooped2pop Nov 2012 #26
Like Eugene Debs was? Like the Wooblies were? Puregonzo1188 Nov 2012 #29
Sedition, Traitor <- accusations right-wingers love to use against the left upi402 Nov 2012 #31
Fuck freedom right? bowens43 Nov 2012 #30
Airing false, scandalous, and malicious claims against the President of the United States upi402 Nov 2012 #36
and that never happened with shrub, right? uh, no. wrong. cali Nov 2012 #66
I think the newer revelations about the CIA will make people re-evaulate what went on NoMoreWarNow Nov 2012 #37
this heaven05 Nov 2012 #40
Is this a contest to see how short-sighted we can be? JoeyT Nov 2012 #41
ding, ding, ding. cali Nov 2012 #48
I bet they will use this for an impeachment treestar Nov 2012 #45
37 recs for grossly un-American gibberish cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #47
isn't that sweet? cali Nov 2012 #49
These empowerment fantasies are sad cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #56
It is sick shit that most of DU seems to lap up. cali Nov 2012 #62
And I just added 1 more. 44 now! nt Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #53
I'm not sure why you are proud of endorsing the application of a law that expired 200 years ago onenote Nov 2012 #96
Correct... and Iggy Nov 2012 #117
any media who knowingly lies should have some form of legal repercussions newspeak Nov 2012 #50
And you're prepared to have the same principles applied when Republicans are in power? brooklynite Nov 2012 #54
It sucks, sometimes, being the party of principles. Bucky Nov 2012 #58
"There was no Holocaust or extermination of Jews by Nazis"..... is that an interpretation? KittyWampus Nov 2012 #65
Plus they're owned by an Alien!! Let's charge 'em with that too!!1! Bucky Nov 2012 #57
Good idea. He became a US citizen for the explicit purpose of selling propaganda here... nt Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #60
They absolutely should. Now, who will do it????? nt valerief Nov 2012 #67
I so agree! Your FCC is quick to monitor titties arthritisR_US Nov 2012 #69
The FCC has no direct jurisdiction over Fox News slackmaster Nov 2012 #144
Good god no. fishwax Nov 2012 #70
Instead, designate Faux as "entertainment" as in National Enquirer, then sue them for libel appacom Nov 2012 #71
who did they libel? onenote Nov 2012 #97
You apparently are unaware that the law you cite was repealed over 90 years ago. onenote Nov 2012 #72
uhmmm... whttevrr Nov 2012 #77
Thank you. I stand corrected. The OP is based on a law that expired 211 years ago. onenote Nov 2012 #87
Authoritarians are always frustrated by the First Amendment tritsofme Nov 2012 #73
RW talk radio is the bigger problem, with paid callers and no pressure or monitoring from the left certainot Nov 2012 #74
Comedy Gold cherokeeprogressive Nov 2012 #75
lol. great response. cali Nov 2012 #78
No. Marrah_G Nov 2012 #76
I think this is the wrong approach; it's the wrong diagnosis. reusrename Nov 2012 #80
Indeed solara Nov 2012 #81
WOW. Joseph Goebbels would have nodded approvingly at this OP. Nye Bevan Nov 2012 #82
indeed. fucking lunacy to endorse this kind of shit. cali Nov 2012 #84
Thank you, another voice of reason ChillZilla Nov 2012 #140
Too bad the law in the U.S. says they can lie all they want to just1voice Nov 2012 #85
We should have used that long ago, and I think I'll C/P SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #89
as pointed out, you would have had to use it a long time ago onenote Nov 2012 #93
It's a shame that we can't figure out a way tavernier Nov 2012 #98
You didn't include the "... obvious violation of the First Amendment ..." description of the Act. sl8 Nov 2012 #99
you're damned right they should be. spanone Nov 2012 #100
Fox should have never given a free pass felix_numinous Nov 2012 #103
Balderdash! RomneyLies Nov 2012 #104
Jerry, just remember. It's not a lie... if you believe it... Fla_Democrat Nov 2012 #105
Ist amendment BainsBane Nov 2012 #107
What license with the FCC? FrodosPet Nov 2012 #180
No.. they shouldn't.. SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #108
Cannot believe this has 90 recs. Unconstitutional, and wrong. Thank god it will never happen. NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #109
Expect to see Noam Chomsky and Christ Hedges behind bars if they start charging people with that Douglas Carpenter Nov 2012 #110
I wonder who a Bush (or, godforbid, Romney) administration would go after w/ a law like that fishwax Nov 2012 #116
Did you even read your link? former9thward Nov 2012 #118
OK this was a stupid OP rbrnmw Nov 2012 #119
How about adapting a version of the Canadian. law mahina Nov 2012 #120
Sounds like a good start Tumbulu Nov 2012 #125
Canada does not have a First Amendment. former9thward Nov 2012 #160
Why is it important for you to use public airwaves to spread lies and hate? Tumbulu Nov 2012 #162
Maybe you know what your post is about but I sure don't. former9thward Nov 2012 #167
OK, I will try again Tumbulu Nov 2012 #169
Just curious: Do you have any idea how despicable your post is cali Nov 2012 #168
Despicable? Please do explain Tumbulu Nov 2012 #170
You are putting words in the mouth of a poster that he never uttered cali Nov 2012 #185
And what about Limbaugh- why am I picked on but not him? Despicable????? Tumbulu Nov 2012 #190
You're off the rails, honey. Of course the 1st protects Limbaugh and other repulsive cali Nov 2012 #193
Speak for yourself, honey Tumbulu Nov 2012 #199
I know, rbrnmw, we laugh..as in "Chaos On Bullshit Mountain".. Cha Nov 2012 #127
What about people who claim the government is hiding little green men at Area 51? davidn3600 Nov 2012 #131
Another OP post of UTTER lack of knowledge of the LAW on the 1st Amendment. A GOOGLE SEARCH = WinkyDink Nov 2012 #134
This! FrodosPet Nov 2012 #181
No foreign interest should ever have say in our media. aandegoons Nov 2012 #137
What nonsensical stupidity, MadHound Nov 2012 #143
4 years ago + Lightbulb_on Nov 2012 #145
How would you know that? Kingofalldems Nov 2012 #206
Common sense... Lightbulb_on Nov 2012 #207
I think you're right and that Greybnk48 Nov 2012 #147
Any person who would trash the First Amendment over some cable chatter box Bluenorthwest Nov 2012 #149
Sedition? Brewinblue Nov 2012 #157
Really. This thread is proof that the aggregate intelligence here at DU cali Nov 2012 #165
Appellate Court Rules Fox News Can Legally Lie. DaniDubois Nov 2012 #159
+1 HiPointDem Nov 2012 #163
This thread is worthy of Freeperville. The rank stupidity is breathtaking. cali Nov 2012 #164
Calling people stupid really does not do much for your position Tumbulu Nov 2012 #171
For starters, Fox News is not broadcast over the public airwaves onenote Nov 2012 #172
Well all the Fox affiliates out here in Calif Tumbulu Nov 2012 #173
Fox News is a cable network. Fox broadcast stations onenote Nov 2012 #174
Well I for one feel that the 24/7 attack Tumbulu Nov 2012 #175
I'm pretty certain that some of the strongest defenders of the First Amendment on DU onenote Nov 2012 #176
I repeat the first amendment does not give one the right Tumbulu Nov 2012 #177
try proving that Fox is inciting violence in a court of law. cali Nov 2012 #183
So, is it your position that Fox and Limbaugh Tumbulu Nov 2012 #187
No. And neither are people who disgustingly cali Nov 2012 #191
SHould HBO be taken off the air? FrodosPet Nov 2012 #196
Smart people can be stupid cali Nov 2012 #182
Public airwaves are owned by all of us. Tumbulu Nov 2012 #189
Fox doesn't use the public airways. and the way to deal cali Nov 2012 #192
So if 50% plus 1 of the public says Tumbulu cannot have electricity FrodosPet Nov 2012 #195
If I was using public airwaves to spew hate Tumbulu Nov 2012 #197
So let's narrow this down FrodosPet Nov 2012 #200
OK, currently aren't all swear words bleaped out? Tumbulu Nov 2012 #204
There should be laws to protect people from the BS that Fox calls news fadedrose Nov 2012 #179
There aren't. There won't be and there fucking well shouldn't be cali Nov 2012 #184
under British common law of the 18th Century, the board could have and would have onenote Nov 2012 #186
I am with you Tumbulu Nov 2012 #203
there aren't and I hope there never are. holy cow. eom yawnmaster Nov 2012 #205
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