When he said that the 9/11 hijackers weren’t cowards, he lost his network television show. So, I can understand his sensitivity, but Bill Maher is making an ass of himself here:
“I don’t think Rush Limbaugh should be stifled. I don’t agree with him, but he has every right to his opinion no matter how (expletive) that opinion is. And I think it’s a terrible trend that when anybody in this country says anything that you don’t like, you try to get rid of him. You know what, you don’t like Rush Limbaugh, then don’t listen to him.
“He’s been on 25 years, you know what this guy’s all about. He gave an apology. That’s it. It should be over. It bothers me the way that liberals cannot let this go.”
Rush Limbaugh doesn’t have a right to a hugely profitable syndicated radio show anymore than Bill Maher had a right to appear on ABC. They both have a right to say pretty much everything they’d ever want to say. But they have no right to have their speech broadcast over public airwaves. That’s a privilege you earn through having the talent to have someone invite you to speak. If you can sell advertising, they’ll keep asking you back. If you can’t sell advertising, they won’t. Freedom has nothing to do with it.
