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gulliver

(13,985 posts)
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:25 PM Feb 26

Hate speech at the dentist's office

Long story short, I walked into my new dentist's office. My old dentist and I had a parting of the ways. Unfortunately, my new dentist had MS Now on the TV.

Unbelievable.

"Turn that off or I'm leaving," I told the receptionist, "It's TDS-brained hate speech. I hate hate speech! It's illegal. Or it should be."

"Sir, " he said, "some of our patients like that channel. It's Joe Scarborough and his wife Mika. They, um, met with Trump you know. I'll change the channel if it bothers you though. Here's Fox News."

He changed the channel.

Unbelievable.

"No, I'm leaving," I told him. "Fox News is hate speech in case you didn't know. It's Nazi, lying hate speech."

"Sorry, he said. "I assumed...the other gentleman over there with the earbuds said he wanted Fox News. I thought you..."

"...were a Nazi hate speech lover? I hate hate speech. I told you! It's illegal. Or it should be. Look, I'm leaving... Cancel my appointment."

"How about if we just turn the TV off?"

Unbelievable.

"They tried that one on me at the Jiffy Lube waiting room yesterday. Silence is violence. Hate silence is illegal. Or it should be."

The receptionist, obviously not one of the sharper tacks in the barrel, looked confused. Everyone I've talked to lately has been an idiot. I know, right?

Anyway, he ended up rescheduling me. He even had a couple of polite, clean-cut men help me find my car. I feel better now. Excuse me for a few minutes...I need to get to the optometrist.

(Satire)


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Hate speech at the dentist's office (Original Post) gulliver Feb 26 OP
I don't get it. Scrivener7 Feb 26 #1
Me either. My brain is a bit fried though. Redleg Feb 26 #3
What is so hard about just ignoring the TV, don't even listen, watch, or whatever. What are you, a zombie who is SWBTATTReg Feb 26 #2
unrec Intractable Feb 26 #4

SWBTATTReg

(26,257 posts)
2. What is so hard about just ignoring the TV, don't even listen, watch, or whatever. What are you, a zombie who is
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:34 PM
Feb 26

fixated by moving objects?

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