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Originally Posted by Frame57
Have to disagree with you on that one Steve. It is left wing organizations that have have led conspiracy to re-write our history books. With regards to the founding Fathers and references to religion and prayer.
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I mentioned banning books, not rewriting history. As to the Founders, religion and prayer, I've spent the last two years making an intensive study of that very topic, and I think it's definitely the Right who want to change the story here. We can have that discussion if you like.
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It is the democrats who want to enact the "fairness act" in attempts to stifle talk radio and other media that promotes conservative points of view. What is fair is that the dems can do their own radio talk shows and if people like it, great! If not change the station.
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I certainly agree with you there. As with books, radio is a free market, and right-wing drivel is certainly what most of us saps like to hear (don't get me wrong, I only compare it to left-wing drivel, which is usually a lot more boring).
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Originally Posted by August
That's certainly the popular belief but i've never seen anyone produce figures proving or disproving that. What was that quote about telling a big enough lie often enough?
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Fair enough point, and at the national level arguably true. But since most banning attempts come at local levels, and most attempts are for moral reasons, and since the Right always tries to claim the religious high ground, I hope you'll forgive me for assuming, and continuing to assume, that that is the source.
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/...c=banned_books
Of course, one of the reasons included is "politically incorrect, racist or sexist language" some of it does indeed come from the other side. But you have to admit that the left is less likely to promote banning because of "profanity or violence, sex or sex education, homosexuality, witchcraft and the occult, “secular humanism” or “new age” philosophies".
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/most-banned.html