# Bill Mahar/Politically Incorrect Controversy --Who's the Coward?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-mahar-politically-incorrect-controversy-whos-the-coward/83012>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 21, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-mahar-politically-incorrect-controversy-whos-the-coward/83012 "2001-09-21T14:06:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-mahar-politically-incorrect-controversy-whos-the-coward/83012/81 "2001-09-30T22:51:43Z")

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**astorian** wrote:

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> But while I support Maher in this instance (he’s always been very admiring and supportive of U.S. troops, incidentally), **I also support any advertiser’s right to remove financial support from any program it thinks has gone over the line.**
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> [my emphasis]

And so do I **astorian**. Advertisers certainly do have that right, as I have said at least six times in this thread.

However, if they exercise that right capriciously, unjustifiably, and in apparent response to a barrage of phone calls from ill-informed wing nuts, then I reserve the right to call the advertiser cowardly.

I hereby exercise that right:

**The actions of Sears and FedEx in this case were cowardly.**

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