This letter is associated with the following article:
Letters
Thursday, December 22, 2005 12:00 AM

The real war on Christmas

It's actually being waged by Bill O'Reilly and other right-wingers. I should know: It almost ruined my family's holiday dinner.
By Wil Wheaton

Read other letters about this article

  • Tuesday, December 27, 2005 01:36 PM

    Are we to live in a police state where everyone is forced to watch the O'Reilly show regardless of our own beliefs?

    >>Oh, wait, you don't watch his show all the way through...>>

    Well, why should I? That's a foundless criticism. I've seen enough to know who I like and who I don't like and I DO have the freedom to watch what I want! I'm sure there are plenty of people who don't watch Opera, Rap, Reality TV, or whatever, but feel free to state that they don't like it, and thus, that's why they don't watch it.

    Are we to live in a police state where everyone is forced to watch the O'Reilly show regardless of our own beliefs? Where the mere choice to not watch a certain news show becomes grounds for criticism and snide comments? Am I not a good citizen if I chose to turn off the TV?

    Why should I be forced to watch a TV show I don't like? Is that why so mnay 'conservatives' watch porn so much, because they're monitoring the 'bad' TV?

    —cosmicmojo

    Flag
Read other letters about this article

Most Active Letters Threads

688

Obama's exceedingly familiar justifications for escalation

The "new" approach to Afghanistan touted by White House officials seems quite old
Glenn Greenwald Read article
678

The commendably missing element from Obama's speech

There was no pretense that human rights is our goal, or the likely outcome, in escalating the war
Glenn Greenwald Read article
440

The face of rotted Washington

Evan Bayh demands more debt-financed war - fought by others - while boasting that he's a stern "deficit hawk."
Glenn Greenwald Read article
323

Yes, it's Obama's war now

An uninspiring speech sells a dubious policy, but progressives who feel betrayed have only themselves to blame
Joan Walsh Read article
209

Bigotry wins in Switzerland

By voting to ban the construction of minarets, Switzerland apes the most extreme intolerance in the Muslim world
By Juan Cole Read article

View all »

Letters Help

Currently in Salon