She is. When Jenny McCarthy gets a show edorsing the discontinuation of vaccines, her immunity will drop and people will die. All for a scare that isn't based in any supported fact at all. Shirly Wu hits it right on:
You reach millions of people everyday and your words and
endorsements carry an incredible amount of weight. If you say to buy a
certain book, people will buy it. If you do a segment on a certain
charity, people will contribute. And if you say that what Jenny
McCarthy is saying has merit, people will believe you.
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I say all the time in 2d Amendment conversations that free speech is more dangerous the private gun ownership. People think I am posturing, but I'm not.
Protecting Jenny McCarthy's right to spread uninformed stupidity is only one example of the dangers of free speech.
As a private citizen, I am not responsible for protecting her right to speak. I would decry the government from trying to stop her, but I can try to deny her a soapbox. The 2nd Amendment is about the government, not about Oprah, McCarthy or me.
And of course you're right about the 2nd Amendment, and anyone who thinks you're posturing is either hopelessly ignorant of statistics or history. Seriously, it's not even close. It's like arguing that that cars are less dangerous than a knives, simply because knives are supposed to be used to stab people.
As a private citizen, I am not responsible for protecting her right to speak.Indeed. It is frickin' maddening. I am very ill equipped for dealing with people saying ridiculous things that I cannot immediately challenge. TV & radio can thus be a source of great frustration.
TV & radio can thus be a source of great frustration.
No kidding.
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