# Republican official opposes Freedom of Speech **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 27, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-official-opposes-freedom-of-speech/809667 "2018-02-27T06:31:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-official-opposes-freedom-of-speech/809667/61 "2018-03-02T22:45:48Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > On the face of it, you appear to be saying Delta _ **should never have supported a special interest group like the NRA in the first place** _. Is that your intent? Obviously 😃 It’s their money, it’s their business, it’s their right to extend or discontinue any "one time whatever ", it’s their right to support or not support whatever view, etc etc etc. But considering that it’s dork hinge, “Cool story bro” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-official-opposes-freedom-of-speech/809667/62 "2018-03-05T10:38:13Z")
Right-wing idiot blames people holding opposing views for right-wing idiot’s idiocy. Coming up after the break: “Water wet; fire hot” say scientists. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-official-opposes-freedom-of-speech/809667/63 "2018-03-05T14:36:45Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Delta chose to play politics. They could have chosen to simply run an airline, but chose to play politics instead. Of course they’re claiming that they’re really not playing politics, and how they are shocked, SHOCKED, that politics is being played here. You really are a strong candidate for stupidest Doper, **D’Orange**. Oh, btw, it is too bad you don’t like to celebrate that your username is that rarity poets search for, the word that rhymes with “orange.” By adopting this spelling you could also celebrate your allegiance and love for our orange-faced buffoon. But since you don’t like **D’Orange** , I think I’ll just start calling you … **Unhinged.** ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-official-opposes-freedom-of-speech/809667/64 "2018-03-08T03:11:12Z")
Hahahaha. I think I’ll just start calling you asshole. It seems more appropriate than stinkopotamus. But they both suit your political styling’s. Thanks for playing. Meanwhile, Delta’s decision not to play politics BY PLAYING POLITICS is going to cost them some $40 million in tax breaks. Keep up the good work, boycotters. hehehe. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-official-opposes-freedom-of-speech/809667/65 "2018-03-08T06:01:29Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Meanwhile, Delta’s decision not to play politics BY PLAYING POLITICS is going to cost them some $40 million in tax breaks. Keep up the good work, boycotters. hehehe. To repeat my question: Did Delta, in your opinion, begin playing politics when it set up a special discount for NRA passengers or when it cancelled that special discount? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-official-opposes-freedom-of-speech/809667/66 "2018-03-09T22:50:33Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Right-wing idiot blames people holding opposing views for right-wing idiot’s idiocy. > > Coming up after the break: “Water wet; fire hot” say scientists. And now for something completely different. > **[Opinion | Corporate leaders must reject Trump’s tariffs](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/corporate-leaders-must-reject-trumps-tariffs/2018/03/07/2f4bc7b2-2209-11e8-badd-7c9f29a55815_story.html?utm_term=.3887d9f98c32)** > > Free and open exchange enables growth and innovations that uplift everyone, not just a privileged few. Charles Koch, in an op-ed in The Washington Post, complains that there’s too much corporate influence in policy-making. Charles Koch, the guy who with his brother has bought the whole Republican House conference and about a third of the Senate’s, says this: \*When large companies can pressure politicians to force everyday Americans to fork over unearned millions, we should all question the fairness of the system. […] \* He doesn’t like Trump’s tariffs, which show, he says, that “Our entire economy is rife with cronyism.” Uh-huh. He really, really wrote that, after the Kochs spent more than $20 million on the Republican tax scam that will net them more than $1 billion in tax cuts. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-official-opposes-freedom-of-speech/809667/67 "2018-03-10T01:18:30Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > To repeat my question: Did Delta, in your opinion, begin playing politics when it set up a special discount for NRA passengers or when it cancelled that special discount? Delta’s quote refered to this as a one-time travel discount - probably on travel to one of their conventions. This type of discount can pay off for the airline, especially if the travel is on off peak dates. Because they’ll get a bunch of people taking Delta instead of another airline and the flights will be closer to full than normal. So it’s possible that this is a discount that they offer to lots of groups without paying too much attention to who they are. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-official-opposes-freedom-of-speech/809667/68 "2018-03-10T01:39:20Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Charles Koch, in an op-ed in The Washington Post, complains that there’s too much corporate influence in policy-making. I’m sure he’s quite sincere. He undoubtedly has to pay way more to buy politicians than he would like due to all of the other corporate interests bidding against him. He would surely prefer it if he and his brother had a monopoly and candidates had to sell themselves for whatever small sums the Koch brothers felt like offering. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-official-opposes-freedom-of-speech/809667.md?page=3)