The biggest threat to American liberties and values comes not from an innocuous reality show about ordinary a? Americans that happen to be Muslim. It comes from religious conservatives of all stripes including Christians and from big business that wants to neuter anything that might be considered a public good including the Internet and public education.

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Lowe's stores supporting bigots — cutting off ads for totally innocuous TV program. The neighborhood hardware store looks better and better, even at higher prices.

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Lowe's Pulls Advertising from Muslim Reality Show After Bigots Complain
American Muslim, a TLC reality show that depicts the lives of Muslims in dangerous anti-American professions like "police officer" and "high school football coach," is obviously the most egregious exa…

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Chris Dodd proves conclusively why no one involved in politics, the entertainment industry or big business should be allowed anywhere near regulation of the internet. MPAA CEO (and former US senator) Chris Dodd said this:

"How do you justify a search engine providing for someone to go and steal something?" he asked rhetorically in a recent interview at the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers conference. "A guy that drives the getaway car didn't rob the bank necessarily, but they got you to the bank and they got you out of it, so they are accessories in my view."

This statement is either a complete misunderstanding or misrepresentation of what a search engine like Google is. Google is not the driver, they are the phone book where the robber looked up the address of the bank. Should we stop the phone company for publishing phone numbers and addresses?

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MPAA Boss: If The Chinese Censor The Internet Without A Problem, Why Can't The US?
Well sir, that's precisely the issue: the way you want to control the Internet would basically transform us into China. You don't see the problem there? Really?…
OR, in a more inflammatory style:
!!!EXCLUSIVE!!! MPAA Boss Dreams of Communist Amercia!!

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The MPAA is getting pretty desperate, it seems. MPAA boss Chris Dodd was out trying to defend censoring the internet this week by using China as an example of why censorship isn't a problem. It's ki…

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