{"id":6696,"date":"2009-10-01T09:28:17","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T09:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/10\/bette-midler-i-dont-think-hate.html"},"modified":"2009-10-01T09:28:17","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T09:28:17","slug":"bette-midler-i-dont-think-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/10\/bette-midler-i-dont-think-hate.html","title":{"rendered":"Bette Midler: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think hate speech is so free,&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kudos to Behar for standing up for free speech:<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/e8-A8RFS1M0&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x2b405b&#038;color2=0x6b8ab6\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/e8-A8RFS1M0&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x2b405b&#038;color2=0x6b8ab6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object>Bette Midler should really think about limiting speech to what she approves. <a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/node\/1352\">One person&#8217;s hate speech<\/a> is another&#8217;s opinion. Who does she want to make that decision?<a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/jeff-poor\/2009\/09\/30\/bette-midler-warns-glenn-beck-could-set-rwanda-civil-war-u-s\">Glenn Beck responds<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kudos to Behar for standing up for free speech:Bette Midler should really think about limiting speech to what she approves. One person&#8217;s hate speech is another&#8217;s opinion. 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