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On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's the beauty of free speech: "We have right to be
> annoyed, and the author has the right not to give a damn".
> The only alternative is fascist censorship, and I'll happily
> endure these annoyances to prevent that!

Free speech also gives the freedom to not listen. Maybe it's less
trouble to skip them manually than to filter them out reliably, but
you do still have that option.

ChrisA