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Is being racist a right?[W:343]

Is being racist a right

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sawyerloggingon

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All this media blitz on Bundy and The basketball guy has me wondering if we now have thought police in this country. I'm not racist myself but I don't see what the big deal is if you are. We have laws to protect people from racism so your opinion should be a right and you should not be punished for what you believe. IMO firing someone for being a racist is anti American and flies in the face of free speech.
 
Yes. I think you have a right to be a racist. It depends how you mean punishment, do you believe someone has a right to be antiAmerican and not be punished?
sawyerloggingon said:
All this media blitz on Bundy and The basketball guy has me wondering if we now have thought police in this country. I'm not racist myself but I don't see what the big deal is if you are. We have laws to protect people from racism so your opinion should be a right and you should not be punished for what you believe. IMO firing someone for being a racist is anti American and flies in the face of free speech.
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Believing something is one thing. Acting on it or verbalizing it to the detriment of others is another.....
 
Of course you should have the right to be racist.

Racism is a believe (though obviously a ridiculously stupid one, IMO)...you cannot outlaw beliefs.

Or at least, it should never be tried...free speech and freedom of expression should almost always be allowed.
 
mak2 said:
Yes. I think you have a right to be a racist. It depends how you mean punishment, do you believe someone has a right to be antiAmerican and not be punished?
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I just don't like seeing people run out of town on a rail for their personal beliefs. If the head of a comp or owner of a sports team is racist it means nothing to me. I judge him on the quality of his company or team or whatever.
 
What if he had come out with a USA sucks or something? Would you be for boycotting his games then?
sawyerloggingon said:
I just don't like seeing people run out of town on a rail for their personal beliefs. If the head of a comp or owner of a sports team is racist it means nothing to me. I judge him on the quality of his company or team or whatever.
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sawyerloggingon said:
All this media blitz on Bundy and The basketball guy has me wondering if we now have thought police in this country. I'm not racist myself but I don't see what the big deal is if you are. We have laws to protect people from racism so your opinion should be a right and you should not be punished for what you believe. IMO firing someone for being a racist is anti American and flies in the face of free speech.
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Glad you brought this up.
 
CRUE CAB said:
Verbalizing? Ever heard of the First Amendment?
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It's not a first amendment issue. If it were, what about the people who want to speak against the racist views.

You or anybody else has every right to be a racist a-hole. And everybody else has a right to say you're an idiot and an a-hole for being one.
 
mak2 said:
What if he had come out with a USA sucks or something? Would you be for boycotting his games then?
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I'm not the boycott type. I will buy your product if it is a good one no matter what your beliefs. I have even been known to watch George clueless movies because he is a good actor in good movies.
 
rocket88 said:
It's not a first amendment issue. If it were, what about the people who want to speak against the racist views.

And everybody else has a right to say you're an idiot and an a-hole for being one.
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Isn't that being inflammatory?
 
You know, as not racist as conservatism is, it's interesting to watch conservatives run to the defense of racist a-holes. I actually DON'T think that 99% of conservatives are racist, it's just interesting how you guys pick poster boys that don't reflect your beliefs.
 
rocket88 said:
It's not a first amendment issue. If it were, what about the people who want to speak against the racist views.

You or anybody else has every right to be a racist a-hole. And everybody else has a right to say you're an idiot and an a-hole for being one.
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But do they have a right to demand you lose your job due to your beliefs?
 
I probably would not buy stuff from some corp I knew to be antiAmerican. I still dont understand why anyone cares what an actor thinks, if they do.
sawyerloggingon said:
I'm not the boycott type. I will buy your product if it is a good one no matter what your beliefs. I have even been known to watch George clueless movies because he is a good actor in good movies.
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CRUE CAB said:
Verbalizing? Ever heard of the First Amendment?
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Of course I've heard of the 1stA.

When speaking as a representation of a group or company, it does become a liability to those entities to verbalize your opinion.
 
How come so many people think the First Amendment means there should be no social consequences for making ridiculous statements?
 
GottaGo said:
Of course I've heard of the 1stA.

When speaking as a representation of a group or company, it does become a liability to those entities to verbalize your opinion.
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Not when you own the company.
 
Better to have racists in the open as known knowns than going underground.
 
rocket88 said:
It's not a first amendment issue. If it were, what about the people who want to speak against the racist views.

You or anybody else has every right to be a racist a-hole. And everybody else has a right to say you're an idiot and an a-hole for being one.
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It is, it was a private conversation. Freedom of speech, and who taped it and who released it?
 
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