Originally Posted By Mr F Just had a revelation. Last year Google made a public statement against proposition 8 and donated $140,000 to "No on Prop 8". Google is for Marriage Equality. Now guess who owns Youtube?....GOOGLE! That's right! All you anti-gay marriage people out there who use Youtube are SUPPORTING what you are against. The more people who use youtube, the more money Google will get from advertisers, and the money they will have to donate to the next same sex marriage cause on the next ballot. Believe me, Same sex marriage may have been defeated in California now, but it's going to be on every upcoming ballot until it is eventually legalized again. So organizations like NOM (national Organization for Marriage) who use Youtube to post videos against Same sex marriage, are actually helping to support it, and don't even realize it, Proving once again, that anti-gay marriage people are HYPOCRITES. CHEW ON THAT!
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones It would seem like YouTube's big money maker is people visiting the site to watch music videos, not anti-gay marriage ads. Putting your ad up there probably doesn't make much money for Google. The decision makers at Google may support marriage equality, and I agree with them, but YouTube does not bar anti-gay marriage videos. Look at YouTube video comments. That's free speech if I ever saw it. You can post anything on there.
Originally Posted By Mr X Actually, you'd be surprised. YouTube does go after people, but someone has to light a fire under them first (there was a big row recently when anti-Muslim Christians were being banned while anti-Christian Muslims were allowed to remain...unrelated to the topic but that's why I know it does happen).
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Wow, if any post deserves a recipe, this one does.... But I am not as childish as SPP, I will respect your opinion, but I ask What is the point of this thread? David Letterman is a jerk, and is a massive liberal, yet I watch his show and I am against everything he stands for... I can put a line between my political views and my entertainment, and so can most Americans... Not everything has to be friggin political.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>David Letterman is a jerk, and is a massive liberal, yet I watch his show and I am against everything he stands for...<< Where on earth do you get that he's a "massive liberal?" So far as I'm aware, he hasn't donated to liberal causes, he hasn't espoused liberal causes on his show. He's made fun of Republicans and Democrats alike. Maybe, MAYBE you can make a circumstantial case that he leans left. But a "massive liberal?" I've watched the man since I was 9 years old and I don't see it at all.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I see it, espcially with his treatment of George W, and McCain over the past efw years, but like I said, I still watch him despite his liberal leanings, I watch TV to be entertained, not to have my political views reinforced.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>> see it, espcially with his treatment of George W, and McCain over the past efw years, but like I said, I still watch him despite his liberal leanings, I watch TV to be entertained, not to have my political views reinforced.<<< And if I recall, he used to poke lots of fun at Clinton too! With Bush though, that's lazy comedy because it was too easy.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo And Mr F, no disrespect, but your original post seems a little mixed up to me. I hate Fox News (and virtually everything it stands for), but that does not mean I will boycott the Simpsons.
Originally Posted By ecdc One need not be a liberal to dislike George W. Bush. Letterman did, and still does, mock Bill Clinton incessantly. And he was well-known to like McCain, but rightly took him to task for being dishonest about canceling his appearance on Dave last year. I think it's fairly common conservative mentality to believe that if someone is not a conservative or is not universally friendly to conservatives, they automatically qualify as liberal. Hence accusations of a "liberal media" and of someone like Letterman, who's always struck me as largely apolitical, as a "massive liberal."
Originally Posted By Mr X ***One need not be a liberal to dislike George W. Bush*** Oh, absolutely not. In fact, my Uncle (a STAUNCH Republican who loathed DemocRATS and particularly "Slick Willie") finally admitted there at the end that Bush just totally sucked. He tried to insist for nearly the whole two terms that it wasn't so, but his heart was less into it with each passing year.
Originally Posted By Mr F <<And Mr F, no disrespect, but your original post seems a little mixed up to me. I hate Fox News (and virtually everything it stands for), but that does not mean I will boycott the Simpsons.>> Well, if you watch the Simpsons on Fox, then you are supporting Fox. Fox gets it money from ratings, the more people who watch fox, the money it gets, and some of that money will go to fox news, so it's your choice whether to watch the simpsons & support fox, or not watch it and not support fox. <<It would seem like YouTube's big money maker is people visiting the site to watch music videos, not anti-gay marriage ads. Putting your ad up there probably doesn't make much money for Google.>> It doesn't matter, people go on youtube for various reasons, but the advertisers & promoters hope people will catch glimpses of their ads for their products while browsing through youtube, in turn potentially increasing there sales. It works very much like television, the more people who watch a show, the higher the ratings are, the more advertisers will pay to have their ads places during the show, the money $$ the network will get. Same with Youtube, the more people who use Youtube, the more advertisers will pay to have their ads posted, the more money Google gets, & Therefore The more money Google can donate towards the next same sex marriage cause. So for all you anti-gay marriage biggots out there, go ahead and Use Youtube! Post all the anti-gay marriage videos you want! Gay couples are going to need your help during the next election!
Originally Posted By Mr F WillianK99: <<David Letterman is a jerk, and is a massive liberal, yet I watch his show and I am against everything he stands for...>> If you don't like David Letterman, and you don't like liberals, then why are you watching his show? You're giving ratings, viewership, and $$ to someone you hate, and you are keeping his show on the air, and allowing him to express his liberal views. You are being a Hypocrite. It's the same as a vegetarian wearing fur, or a nun in a brothel. It's a complete contradiction. If you don't like spinach or everything it stands for, then don't eat it, simple as that. Point is, you can't be against something but supporting it at the same time, otherwise, you're a hypocrite.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Ya, the Simpsons are funny and left leaning, I wonder if this is how they maintain the balance? lol
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo The world is full of hypocrits butters, but everything is not so black and white. I do not like many of the recent Disney releases, nor the tooning of the parks, but I still go to the parks because the whole is still better than the elements of dislike.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I enjoy David Letterman's humor, your theory makes no sense, if you boycotted everything that went against your views, you would have nothing since I am sure if you did some diging, half the companies out there do something to offend someone's viewpoint...
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo It would be a pretty lonely life I suspect william. You are right, since there are few (if any) companies that are squeeky clean.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 I imagine according to Mr. F, any company that donated money to the political party that you are not affiliated with must be boycotted... Heaven forbid in some cases the company donates to both parties....What do you do in that case?
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Wow, if any post deserves a recipe, this one does.... But I am not as childish as SPP, I will respect your opinion, but I ask What is the point of this thread? David Letterman is a jerk, and is a massive liberal, yet I watch his show and I am against everything he stands for... I can put a line between my political views and my entertainment, and so can most Americans... Not everything has to be friggin political." Way to go. Personal attacks against and David Letterman, and neither of us have posted in this thread. When do I get my own late night show that pays millions?
