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Ocelot II

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2. There's that inconvenient First Amendment thing...
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 09:03 AM
Sunday

The remedy for bad speech is more speech, not suppression. And these days a lot of the hate is coming from social media, not radio.

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Sure, just as there are pretty much everywhere in the U.S. WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #1
There's that inconvenient First Amendment thing... Ocelot II Sunday #2
I believe that you still can't yell "Fire!" in a crowded movie theatre maxrandb Sunday #5
You can, actually, and any prosecution that results from reaction to the shouting are not First Amendment cases. WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #6
You're right maxrandb Sunday #9
I love it when I ask for specifics and the response is "no you're right we can't do anything." WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #10
I have repeatedly contacted my own local hate station maxrandb Sunday #12
Slate LessAspin Sunday #3
Slate is still on X-crement????!!!! maxrandb Sunday #7
iHeart is all over the country RandiFan1290 Sunday #4
What's being done to us here is not being done by locals, nor being enabled by locals. n/t Mister Ed Sunday #8
It absolutely is maxrandb Sunday #11
The fans of local right-wing radio are quiet and inactive here at this time. Mister Ed Sunday #13
I am NOT blaming the victim maxrandb Sunday #14
Sports talk radio LessAspin Sunday #15
There is not one that I'm aware of. MineralMan Sunday #16
I was wrong. There are at least two right-wing AM stations in the Twin Cities MineralMan Sunday #17
List RoseTrellis Sunday #18
file complaints with fcc, challenge license renewals. boycott selected advertisers, picket with signs outside station... msongs Sunday #19
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