Dr. Laura

Yup. Free choice.

She did make some very very questionable comments (to my knowledge, I haven’t heard), that’s why I said I personally do not like or agree with everything she says whatsoever. Some things do make sense to me though. I in fact have never listened to her speak and only read some things and they resonated with me (not homophobic statements of course).

Hopefully adults could use their reasoning critical thinking and make smart choice what to listen and what to believe. Hope grown people don’t just blindly follow everything. Some people enjoy Rush Limbaugh. I find stuff he says despicable. I don’t listen to him. I sometimes browse through Sirius XM driving and oh boy some stuff I hear I can’t even believe. So I change the channels. But who am I to tell others not to listen to this or that. Their choice.

Same here. If people believe everything they are being advised by some radio personality who never met them, then they have larger issue at hand

I have only heard clips of hers so I cant say specifically what I agree or disagree with her. But if some of the negative things others say she said are true, then I suppose someone who is young and maybe vunerable would be influenced by what she says. i think some of it could be about personal insecurities someone may have about themselves too. In my younger years, like all teens I cared very much what others thought of me and it wasnt just limited to my peers- I cared what everyone thought about me. I was also dealing with untreated bipolar and adhd and childhood abuse so I think I was hardwired to think that way as well.

If I had heard these things I can see myself not being as capable of tuning it out or turning the channel. Only because I cared so much about what others thought about me, I wouldn't want to miss a single bit of possible information- almost like gossip- that I could hear. But once I hit 18 I was mature enough not to care- in a way it was brazen rebellion-" F-U if you dont like me and all the amazing-awesome-pearls of snotty wisdom I have!" Then I got married young and had a baby and I was back to feeling like I couldn't make the right decisions (the kind that come with parenting).

Truly it was alcoholism that helped me deal with my flaws and gifts- and as can be seen recently- I am working on not taking things personally but its a work in progress.

Now I care if I hurt other people's feelings and can't make amends for it, whereas before I would step all over your feelings.(and who am I to demand that someone hear my apology or listen to me?) Gosh this is way more long-winded..(sorry)

My main thing is I care very much about the right to free speech, ideas etc. Not just constitutionally but as part of being a free thinker. Lord knows the elections created huge divides and I had family members that I could not agree with but I chose to completely ignore their politics and love them for who they are. I didnt think like all of them but in my day to day life it didn't really matter. Like Divine says: "who am I to tell someone what to think and how to feel? I am just not that important" Its more important to me that people can feel free to share about their ideas and feelings on the appropriate platform and if I do not want to listen or participate i just change the channel, turn it off or tune it out. But that didn't come easily to me and it took pain and maturity to be able to (mostly) do that.
Especially with subscription radio and cable etc. the beauty is to be able to listen only to things that resonate with you personally-unfiltered.