I think the only real point of contention here: Is it is acceptable for an interest group (feminist idealists in this case) that represents a minority of the population to apply economic pressure to basically censor comedy they dislike? While I don't think there really can be any law against this, I dislike how these groups get popular personalities thrown off the air through threats to advertisers. Even though I am generally sympathetic to their cause. Glen Beck is a great example. I'm confident we really didn't need to target advertisers to get rid of the ass. He was on his way out anyway.
Until someone starts directly inciting violence, they should be able to talk to those that wish to listen to them. This is clearly the spirit of the first amendment and free speech.
Part of the reason this Tosh thing was an issue, is his "joke" was directed at a specific woman in the audience and could easily be perceived as a threat or recklessly endangering the her well-being.
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