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Re: Ah, conservative hypocrisy
by GearheadGeek

Anyone saying the conservatives have no right to say Google is the liberal antichrist for not Doodling their logo at only (and all) sanctioned conservative days of celebration would be advocating violating those writers' constitutional rights to free expression. I certainly didn't advocate such a position, I merely pointed out that the conservatives crying about Google's bias and railing against liberals who cry about the conservative bias of other corporate and/or governmental entities are being hypocritical.

Personally I think the doodles are cute and couldn't care less about pagans celebrating the solstice or patriots beating the drum on Memorial day. If one group doesn't share the others' fervor about commemorating a particular event or contrived holiday, so be it. As long as they don't suggest there is something wrong with someone else celebrating different events than they personally support (the line that these complainers are at best dancing around, if not actually crossing) then no harm is done.

It's the same ridiculous non-problem as the ACLU's apoplexy about displaying a manger scene on public property, and Southies in Boston trying to pretend there are no gay irishmen. While we in theory are supposed to support freedom of expression, most Americans tend more towards thinking "It's only okay for others to express things *I* believe in."

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