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)