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Originally Posted by Tristan
As to funding for minority channels, I couldn't disagree more. Regulation to prevent discrimination, yes. Enforced funding, no. If a gay channel, satanist channel or whatever else want to launch, then fine, but I don't see why they should be given special treatment.
But then I'm just anti 'positive' discrimination in all regards. In my opinion, it's contradictory to the notion of equalty...
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Ahh the cry of the 'ist be they racist or homophobist. Make them fight their way up the economic ladder so they can eventually pay for their own channel, even tho the economic ladder is biased against them making their way up the greasy pole. (no pun intended)
It's not special treatment to redress the balance against discrimination.
The same way blacks were and probably still were under represented in the media and had to fight their way to get seen on tv. You don't see 'The fresh Prince of Bel end' on tv do you? But you do see the 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air'. And it wasn't just cuz blacks could pay for their tv, it was cause anti descrimination laws helped them get on tv more.
P.s. No I'm not saying your a homophob, I'm saying you've been brainwashed by the homophobic capitalists, in to believing that minorities should use economic routes to representation, rather than social.