>>I am also pro choice and didn't have a problem with the ad running. I don't like censorship, which is what it would have been if the ad had been pulled. Those who are anti abortion take that belief seriously and have a right to be heard.
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>>Had CBS pulled the ad, it would not have been censorship.
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>I think any organization which finds an ad to be offensive has the right to lobby CBS to pull that ad. They have the right to boycott, and advocate others also boycott, any network which airs shows they find offensive.
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>It doesn't matter to me if it's this particular ad or one for Planned Parenthood.
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>It doesn't matter to me if you're boycotting 7-11 for selling "smutty" magazines or boycotting them for selling "Mercenaries for Hire"
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>It doesn't matter to me if it's boycotting stores selling non-union lettuce, or boycotting companies whose products are not "Made-In-America"
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>To me, it's a matter of using economic leverage to advance a particular point of view. And THAT has been an American activity since before there was a U.S.A.

What I don't get is why so many people are upset when others don't agree with them. A country as varied as this one is seldom going to be in general agreement.

That said, I saw a phrase in the new book "Game Change" today that I liked -- "the flying monkeys of conservative talk radio" (lol)