Here's the deal - I don't watch a lot of "regular" television. With kids that are three and two, we watch a lot of "children/preschool" television. However, I have prior experience in watching a fair amount of television. And, when something came on that I didn't want to watch or hear, things that I felt were inappropriate, I changed the channel.
Today, it seems that people have lost the ability to change the channel, to tune inappropriate material out. There is always going to be something on television that pushes every limit to see if it can move those limits. We can sit there and watch it and support the channel showing it and complain about it OR we can change the channel; that's part of what makes this country so great.
Today's word is a quote from G. Norman Collie, which says, "In free countries, every man is entitled to express his opinions and every other man is entitled not to listen."
The old saying is that "Opinions are like bellybuttons, everyone has one." Trust me, everyone has an opinion, and most people will share it freely and without reservation or hesitation. Part of what makes this country great is that you can express your opinion. What also makes this country great is that when you express your opinion, and I don't agree with it, I can tune you out.
Thankfully, we don't live in a country that makes us listen to propaganda and "national television". If someone is saying something that I don't like, if they are saying something I find offensive or inappropriate, if they are saying something against my beliefs, I don't have to listen - I can change the channel! GOD Bless America!
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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