I'm unsubscribing from Gay Porn monthly as my form of protest.

Glad I'm not the only one!

Subscribe over the phone and tell 'em you're only doing it for O&A. If they say they don't have it anymore then say nevermind. If they don't say then wait 'til the next day and say you're canceling b/c you found out Anthony was fired.

i'm so gonna do that!

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They don't call them pests for nothing.

Youtube listener for 5 years now.

Couldn't be happier that I never gave Sirius a dime.

I never gave them a dime too. I had the money, but the service is just too spotty and it's not worth the money.

I won't pay them for a shitty service that disconnects frequently online, doesn't support O&A, and limits bandwidth on On Demand shows.

I'm sure your decision weighs heavily on their minds tonight.

read my name faggot

we are all in the same boat here

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free cum i(in)a(ass)

If you had paid for the show they would have more to bargain with, I suspect.

The same sex love boat

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These are the biggest ones

https://www.youtube.com/user/steveyknight https://www.youtube.com/user/Jasonayeiter https://www.youtube.com/user/HighestPrimate

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Already called and cancelled my sub. Fuck Sirius for caving into this.

While I don't agree with "race driven remarks", I 100% support his right to have his opinion and say whatever the fuck he wants.

While I'm irked over the firing, I can't help but to find it a bit humorous....they can him over some tweets?? Have they even listened to his show before? How many times has Opie (and everyone else in studio) quieted down and just sat there while Anthony goes off in 10 minute long rants? This isn't something new. Its part of the show, and entertaining.

This sucks, my morning commute just got a lot longer...I'm gonna miss the decency bell.

This is the M.O. corporate leadership: do what makes you money until you get called out, and then act like you had no idea it was happening.

It shows how little attention management must pay to the show, that they've fired him as if it's something new. I imagine some P.R. person behind the scenes being told about Ant's racist tweets and being surprised by the whole thing. "Ant's racist?! But he's half black!"

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While I don't agree with "race driven remarks", I 100% support his right to have his opinion and say whatever the fuck he wants.

He does have that right; nobody's looking to throw the guy in jail.

He has the right to say whatever he wants. He doesn't have the right to continue to have access to Sirius XM's airwaves while he does so. He'll probably get paid through the end of his contract, so it's not even an issue of employment.

I'm a fan of the show, and I think Ant was the funniest thing on it, but man he did this to himself.

Do you even know how rights work? Step back for a moment and take into account you're going to be biased towards him as a fan of his show, then go read some actual facts on what freedom of speech means, because it has nothing to do with interactions between citizens and their employers.

I don't really care what you're opinions on all of this are, but he flat out didn't have any rights violated here.

Another dolt who can't see past the law to recognize free speech as a moral value.

Companies, whether corporate owned or owned by individuals have the right to freedom of speech as well. Part of that right is to refuse to employ somebody who speaks against their values.

I love Ant and the show but this is not a freedom of speech issue.

So in your mind, the government is the only entity that can curtail someone's speech?

Ants speech has not been curtailed. His employment was terminated. Ant is free to say whatever he wants.

Let's say the O&A show had an intern posting rude remarks against O&A on twitter. Let's say he had thousands of followers and mentioned his twitter handle on the air. Would terminating that intern be a violation of his freedom of speech? Would you be going around saying his freedom of speech was curtailed? Of course you wouldn't! In fact if somebody suggested that they were not allowed to fire the intern you would be lambasting the liberal laws.

As for your question regarding only the government curtailing freedom of speech: It has been settled for hundreds of years that the first amendment doesn't apply between individuals. If it did I would be allowed to spray paint that you're an ignorant prick on your front door.

I've been a huge O&A fan for a long time, but it's not a freedom of speech issue. Just as you are allowed to speak out against SiriusXM they are allowed to fire whoever they want.

If you can't get past the extremely narrow constitutional scope to what I'm saying about freedom of speech as a moral value, or simply refuse to, I can't help you. You're just a dummy, and there's no way to have a productive conversation. You refuse to see any other POINT, let alone another side of an argument.

No fucking shit sirius is ALLOWED to fire Ant. Clearly I needed to be told that because as we all know, having a different opinion means you must be ignorant of the most basic aspects of a topic.

Fucking disgusting. Fuck me for even trying with you people.

It sounds like you are the one having problems with simple definitions. Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences from the said speech.

Oh I get it now. Because I don't agree with you I'm a dummy! With reasoning like that I don't know why I ever questioned you.

Because I don't agree with you I'm a dummy!

For reading this in, you're a god damned retard.

It's not a difficult concept I'm trying to get across, but holy shit, you'd think it was based on these replies.

As for your question regarding only the government curtailing freedom of speech: It has been settled for hundreds of years that the first amendment doesn't apply between individuals.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHH you fucking idiot.

And fuck you and everyone like you, who values free speech only as much as they're forced to.

You're shit.

"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left." Margaret Thatcher

Insulting your inability to hear and consider other points of view should be wounding for you. It's true. And it's a serious character flaw.

Sorry if I hurt your dumb little feelings. But I almost never see such a flagrant example of someone just refusing to see a point before arguing against it.

Your argument was the logical equivalent to saying something should be illegal because it's against the law.

And even then completely ignoring most of what I'm saying.

You can't go anywhere from there. You'd be talking to a rock.

Thanks for your obliviously ironic quote tho.

So no one should ever be fired or face any repercussions based on what they say?

And hoooow do we enforce moral values, children?

Regardless, rights and values are different. He said rights, he's a jackass. Sorry it hurts you.

You don't enforce moral values, stupid. You enforce laws. SJW's think you enforce moral values. Respectable people maintain moral values.

And hoooow

Cunt.

Respectable people also make decisions for their business without worrying about some twats on a message board bitching about some dude's rights...excuse me, moral values.

Sooooorry.

Sorry, I can only respond to coherent thoughts.

Well opposites do attract.

You're 0 for 2 on expressing a complete thought. Is this what retards consider wit?

Is now when I point out the hypocrisy of a guy downvoting everything I say while touting the value of free speech?

Would that be witty or just hurt your wittle butt some more?

Lately I've been touting the value of actually having something to say, other than bitchy little online trolling attempts. Keep trying.

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What does this accomplish other than generating upvotes for your post?

The SiriusXM suits will probably see all these upvotes and shut down the company then commit ritual suicide.

yeah, not unless it's sue anthony icide, or something tsss

fuckin home run!

Yes! That is exactly what will happen.

Let's pretend somehow they see this. Either it makes the front page and they realize they've got a problem, or it barely gets any support and they realize there is no problem. So far I think so far they're feeling ok.

This might turn into a blessing in disguise. After the merger with Sirius, and especially in the last 5-6 years, management has pretty much strangled the fun/talent/creativity out of the show. Maybe a fresh start and a regroup will help bring it back to what it was

It might good for them to go in a different direction. I've always enjoyed the show but I really haven't listened much in the last few years. I enjoyed the xm show most between 04-06. Then in 07 xm decided to suspend them. I think that may have hurt the show. It was never quite the same after that incident.

It was never the same after the excursion to free FM

I remember free fm. Half of the show was censored and the other half was uncensored. I remember when they walked from one studio to another while on air. That made for some interesting radio. I also remember the Kevin smith feud with Joel Siegel during that time. It wasn't all bad back then.

No, and its not all bad now.

The Free FM move was the just the 1st nail in the coffin, ELo leaving was a 2nd, and the Sirus acquisition was the big one.

Really? Superball? Mouse Trap minefield? Fatty Pig Fatty? Paul R. Nelson? Just from 2006

Yeah I agree. 2005-07 was definitely the sweet spot (IMHO). After that it seemed like they weren't allowed to do anything remotely edgy. Maybe a podcast or a Dropbox/Pandora format will bring the creativity back.

in australia as well, haven't called yet but i've tweeted sirius saying i've cancelled my account because of this

I got a 30 day free trial where I could listen online (from London), but it was always so laggy and you'd have to refresh the page every 10 minutes because it would just stop. I gave up trying within a week and quit before the 30 days. SiriusXM really do have a lot of issues.

I haven't paid in years but my xm home radio still works. I bought it in 2004 so I could listen to o&a. Xm was so much better back then. Nowadays, I barely listen to it.

that's nuts! they just never cut you off?

I guess I'm grandfathered in. I think the last time I paid was 08. I get the basic channels and o&a but I don't get Howard Stern and the adult channels.

I very much want to cancel and show some solidarity, but I've been sliding by for a few years now rent-free and don't really want to bring attention to it. I've got two of the old portable car radios. The company is ass-backwards and incompetent.

I went months on an old XM unit after cancelling by just not turning it off. I think it was a Roady. Power outage one day and it refreshed or something killed my subscription.

You are right about XM being better back in the day. I remember a time when I could call and switch units and it was free, and an English speaking person was talking to you. I finally gave up after all the bullshit royalty fees and horseshit, just started doing the Audible thing. The only thing I listened to was OA and RnF anyways, I have an mp3 player for music. I was paying something like over $40 a month for 3 units, total waste of money.

You can still call them and complain.

I still have a Sirius unit from when I subscribed for like 2 months back in 2010, so if I were a douche, I would get video of it's destruction via hammer.

You are a douche. This is your calling.

You mean... I could go.... viral??!?!?

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Unfortunately, it would be more likely Anthony be hired back if you guys had paid for the show.

EFF off Sirius! Won't be getting my blog downloads any longer!

My subscription is up this month, and I won't be renewing. I just received this response from SXM: "SiriusXM has terminated its relationship with Anthony Cumia of the Opie & Anthony channel. The decision was made after careful consideration of his racially-charged and hate-filled remarks on social media. His remarks and postings are abhorrent to SiriusXM, and his behavior inconsistent with what SiriusXM represents." In response to what will happen to the channel and other hosts "The other shows will continue. "

I downvoted because you said upvote.

I wish I could resubscribe to listen to Howard... Unfortunately my Honda doesn't have SiriusXM in it. May go buy a radio to get my Howard back. FUCK O and A!

I hope that honda has a flux capacitor so you can go back in time to when howard did shows.

I gave up on Sirius a few months ago due to the app. Really wish I would've kept my powder dry.

also australian, where do you listen to the show lately?

I came close to subscribing a few times but always heard bad things about the smartphone app which would've been how I listened.

Already canceled mine a while back due to the shitty app. If I could cancel it again I would.

Yay! Upvote thread!

I never subscribed because I can't exactly listen to it at work or school and I don't have a lengthy commute. Also, I heard that the app Sirius has sucks ass. But I really do wish that I could cancel on those fucks.

What did the Philly crew do with their subscription?

If I paid for it I'd cancel to get it from an alternative source.

This will do nothing. NOTHING. Do you think corporate giants will really consider 300 mouth-breathers complaining through cancelation? Canceling your accounts hurts Little Jimmy as much as Sirius. If they stay on, they'll need all the audience they can get.

I stopped paying them years ago because every free site had better quality and it was uploaded much faster the audible

Get a subscription, keep it for a day, cancel it, feel better about yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRSKLeYv7dY Sirius XM sales call (live from the compound) '11

i canceled 2 years ago (still a daily listener though just not live, i've got over 100GB's of O&A and Ron&Fez on my hard drive. canceling was the best move because id always miss chunks of the show, being able to pause is the best shit ever.

Where do you get your content from?

The first rule of the Syndication Underground is "You do not talk about the Syndication Underground!".

Upload that shit. All the main torrents on TPB have zero seeders

Comedian makes rant, it's his right and should not be fired, basketball team owner or tv food show host makes rant, well they deserved to be fired. (I don't thing any of them should have been, just pointing out the hypocrisy)

The show has said every time one of those things come up that no one should lose their job over voicing an opinion or admitting to saying a word 10-20 years ago. I'm sure 90% of the people in this sub feel the same way. Where is the hypocrisy?

if you and the show both agree on this, where is the hypocrisy?

Hypocrisy from Redditch and the public, not the show.

The difference here is that Ant is a shock jock. The other 2 have jobs that require them to act and behave to certain standards. Ant just got fired for doing his job.

lol i would cancel if i had one. i use youtube and opieandanthony2014.blogspot to downlod episodes each day

The company I work for pays for my subscription so I can't really cancel it. That would just be a weird conversation to have with the boss. Hey I know you give us an SXM subscription in our cars for when we travel, but uh could you cancel mine? I'm sure he'd ask why and then I'd have to explain this whole mess to him, and I don't really wanna do that considering all things. I'll just keep the free sub I guess.

Freedom of speech does not equal freedom from consequence. He acted like a racist asshole and faced the consequences accordingly.

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hes a comedian with a short fuse who got beat up by a woman. on top of the humiliation of getting beaten up by a girl in front of a small crowd he loses his job due to his harmless rant on twitter Harmless because he didnt retaliate against the woman except to curse her out where she never would have heard/seen but because he spoke harshly with racial overtones he got canned

We arent necessarily supporting his views we are supporting a hugely talented man in continuing to make us laugh

besides the firing is just to cover the companys assets because anthony has said much worse on the air even to the verbal objection of his co host and sirius did absolutely nothing about it because the liberal non-paying non-customers hadnt caught wind of it So im not calling anthony a total victim since he went off for hours and even days against a woman he doesnt know I still think it was bs for the company to fire him because actions speak louder than words and anthonys rash reaction was electronic only he didnt get physical back so what does a lonely butthurt twitter rant really hurt

wasnt worth it to lose him over this

Wrong... he posted her picture and wrote that he hopes someone shoots her. That's not harmless, actually.

he said he hopes she gets shot by one of her homeboys What were they gonna see his tweets and shoot her execution style

the rant was not calling for action against her it was expressing his emotions after an embarassing and probably alcohol fueled interaction with a stranger Dont make it worse than it is

He's a shock radio DJ. Stuff like this, although generally less absurdly racist, is kinda his job.

I subbed to sxm when I heard you manbabies were crying so much

Did ya?

Ye

Then the joke is on you. The service is terrible.

I'm subscribing BECAUSE they fired this asshole!

Then the jokes on you

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Are ya

So you have no problem with a company that supported a "racist piece of shit" for years on end with no issue? Real consistent beliefs there, buddy.

There's a better chance of me spontaneously shitting gold than you subscribing to Sirius/XM.

Hey if by some chance you happen to shit gold, can I have some?

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That throw. Truly a courageous name.

No you aren't

I'm sure your decision weighs heavily on their minds tonight.

I never gave them a dime too. I had the money, but the service is just too spotty and it's not worth the money.

I won't pay them for a shitty service that disconnects frequently online, doesn't support O&A, and limits bandwidth on On Demand shows.

I guess I'm grandfathered in. I think the last time I paid was 08. I get the basic channels and o&a but I don't get Howard Stern and the adult channels.

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Did ya?

Then the joke is on you. The service is terrible.

I very much want to cancel and show some solidarity, but I've been sliding by for a few years now rent-free and don't really want to bring attention to it. I've got two of the old portable car radios. The company is ass-backwards and incompetent.

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I hope that honda has a flux capacitor so you can go back in time to when howard did shows.