You'll note my use of quotes when I posted the statement with "fascism" in it. I wasn't calling anyone anything.
Technically true. What you did was accuse them of acting like fascists....
"...when we get called that, we just have to go out and act like fascists"
Where I come from, accusing someone of "acting like XYZ" is the equivalent of asserting that they, in fact, ARE "XYZ". If that was not your intention, I appologize
It was a hypothetical statement to make a point, so there's no reason to get tetchy and start trying to label me as some left-wing hatemonger. Thanks all the same, though.
It was a profoundly offensive hypothetical. Perhaps you aren't aware of the common leftist tactic of calling everything they disagree with "fascism. Again, if I misunderstood, I take it back...
Majority rule =/= right.
Never? I don't think so. Sometimes it does. Sometimes it doesn't. If you feel that strongly about the issue - organize like minded voters and do something about it.
Seems to me that Christianity is built around a lot of that.
Then you need more research. Christians are advised to "...render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasars...", meaning that in the good ol USA it is their DUTY to fully participate in the political process, AND not only vote, but vote their conscience.
And I hardly see where anywhere in this nation Wiccans, Satanists, Kabalists or Giasts have any sort of political majority.
Oh really? Never been to San Fransico, New Orleans, parts of Dallas, parts of New York...
So, where does it stop? The right was instrumental in passing legislation to mandate V-Chips on televisions, saying that such a tool would allow parents to screen out objectionable material.
No, PARENTS were instrumental in passing it, as they didn't want little Jane and Johnny watching "Lesbian Nation" or some porn star having her "third eye" bleached to look better from the rear on screen, or various other bits of garbage that show up on the tube, while they were at work and using the TV as a babysitter so they could both work and make the payments on their McMansion, SUV European sedan, boat, RV, etc....
Now that they've got that on every television that comes off of an assembly line, they call for further tightening of the Federal decency standards.
The airwaves belong to the public - they have, or should have, just as much say in how they are used as any other citizen. Don't like it? Persuade them otherwise, or out-vote them,..or get cable or satellite TV - plenty of garbage including soft-core porn & no need to worry about the blue noses votes...
Which causes me to wonder, at what point will they stop calling for the sanitization of society? Again, just because you can muster a majority to vote for something doesn't make it right.
Again, it also doesn't make it WRONG,...even if YOUR position is otherwise.
Incidentally, I don't buy the whole "public airwaves" argument. It was a lame argument used as justification for a federal power-grab back in the initial days of television and radio, and it's a lame argument now.
"Buy" or not, its how things are done. Don't like it? Convince a majority to elect representatives that will do otherwise, or appoint Supremes that will see things your way. Just don't complain that the opposition is exercising those same rights...