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[quote=Anonymous]The First Amendment guarantees you the freedom to speak.  But since it comes up on this board every single time a conservative says something crazy, the First Amendment is not an invisible force field to protect you from all of the consequences of what you say.

If you say something incredibly offensive or stupid, the first amendment's freedom of speech clause:

*Does not require people to like you or believe you
*Does not prevent people from disagreeing with you
*Does not protect you from being called a douchebag, idiot, moron, racist, whatever
*Does not guarantee that your employer won't fire you, unless you are a public employee and under certain circumstances
*Does not prevent people from boycotting your show, business, or sponsor

In a free society, there is a marketplace of ideas.  Some ideas thrive and some wither.  You get to say what you want, and then the public gets to decide what they think of that and act accordingly.  The prosperity of Stern, Rush, and a shelf full of tabloid magazines proves that even the marketplace of ideas sets a pretty low bar.  So let's not fret that a man spouting self-admitted absurdities might get his feelings hurt or make a tad less money.[/quote]

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