Oh for God's sake, being racist is not illegal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think many people, of all races, have said things in private that would be embarrassing if made public. do we want to have a society where you need everyone around you, including family members, to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before communicating? Do we need to check for wires before every pillow-chat? come on. this is absurd.

you are allowed to be a jerk.

You are absolutely, 100% correct -- you are allowed to be a jerk.
And I am allowed not to be business with you if you are one.
DEAL WITH IT!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What about a team owner who has contributed money to initiatives against gay marriage? Will the PC police come for him/her next?

Maybe or maybe not. But it happened with Mozilla: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/03/us-mozilla-ceo-resignation-idUSBREA321Y320140403

Again, the point is that this was a commercial concern, not a legal concern. The government did NOT go after Eich -- quite the contrary, the Constitution (1st amenment) protects his right to think what he wants. Instead, Mozilla's own Board went after Eich because the browser company was being threatened with a boycott (if you bother to read the article at the link). In other words, Eich was bad for Mozilla's business.

PP again. When you talk about the "PC Police," what you (and Fox News) really mean is that there are enough people who oppose racism that a boycott threat could have teeth. Let's be clear: it's the threat of a critical mass behind a boycott, and not any esoteric "PC thought police" thing dreamt up in somebody's paranoid thoughts, that has the NBA and Mozilla running. That's a good thing, IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think many people, of all races, have said things in private that would be embarrassing if made public. do we want to have a society where you need everyone around you, including family members, to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before communicating? Do we need to check for wires before every pillow-chat? come on. this is absurd.

you are allowed to be a jerk.

Oh, well. If you don't want your racist comments to get out to the world, don't make racist comments! Period. I have no sympathy for racists who make comments that somehow get aired. Keep your vile thoughts to yourself. I LOVE that racists will soon feel like they have nowhere to spout their hateful garbage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Invading someone privacy on a phone call, post it on every news media, and ruin a persons career over a few off color remarks. This does not seem like the thought police to anyone? Pretty soon even your own home won't be safe from prying ears. Out of control. free speech?

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU

The idea that somebody would use this to refer to an 80-year-old man's retaliating 20-year-old bit-on-the-side... Wouldn't George Orwell be surprised.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think many people, of all races, have said things in private that would be embarrassing if made public. do we want to have a society where you need everyone around you, including family members, to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before communicating? Do we need to check for wires before every pillow-chat? come on. this is absurd.

you are allowed to be a jerk.

Oh, well. If you don't want your racist comments to get out to the world, don't make racist comments! Period. I have no sympathy for racists who make comments that somehow get aired. Keep your vile thoughts to yourself. I LOVE that racists will soon feel like they have nowhere to spout their hateful garbage.

Yup. You are also allowed to be stupid. If you make racist comments to your gold-digging younger girlfriend, there might be consequences. You are not free from consequences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:


What about a team owner who has contributed money to initiatives against gay marriage? Will the PC police come for him/her next?


Maybe or maybe not. But it happened with Mozilla: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/03/us-mozil...ignation-idUSBREA321Y320140403

Again, the point is that this was a commercial concern, not a legal concern. The government did NOT go after Eich -- quite the contrary, the Constitution (1st amenment) protects his right to think what he wants. Instead, Mozilla's own Board went after Eich because the browser company was being threatened with a boycott (if you bother to read the article at the link). In other words, Eich was bad for Mozilla's business.


PP again. When you talk about the "PC Police," what you (and Fox News) really mean is that there are enough people who oppose racism that a boycott threat could have teeth. Let's be clear: it's the threat of a critical mass behind a boycott, and not any esoteric "PC thought police" thing dreamt up in somebody's paranoid thoughts, that has the NBA and Mozilla running. That's a good thing, IMO.

Please conservatives enforce their own brand of PCism. Just look at Fox news.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think many people, of all races, have said things in private that would be embarrassing if made public. do we want to have a society where you need everyone around you, including family members, to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before communicating? Do we need to check for wires before every pillow-chat? come on. this is absurd.

you are allowed to be a jerk.

Oh, well. If you don't want your racist comments to get out to the world, don't make racist comments! Period. I have no sympathy for racists who make comments that somehow get aired. Keep your vile thoughts to yourself. I LOVE that racists will soon feel like they have nowhere to spout their hateful garbage.

Yup. You are also allowed to be stupid. If you make racist comments to your gold-digging younger girlfriend, there might be consequences. You are not free from consequences.

I think that a scary development, but lets hope it is enforced uniformly. If you are taped making a bad comment about other races (other than black), or about gays, or about the handicapped, etc., then these new society rules need to be enforced uniformly. My friends in-laws wouldn't let their south-Asian daughter marry a white guy. Said some ridiculous stuff in private. If I had taped that, his successful career would have been over? Gotcha.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Stupid and awful, but not illegal. It has it's own punishment. I'm tired of hearing about the basketball guy.

I don't think anyone said it was illegal. But people can express distaste in him by not supporting him or his franchise financially. And leagues can decide to kick owners out if they feel keeping them hurt their balance sheet. Capitalism at its best. Because THIS is the culture he's now living in.

+1

[Anonymous]

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I think that a scary development, but lets hope it is enforced uniformly. If you are taped making a bad comment about other races (other than black), or about gays, or about the handicapped, etc., then these new society rules need to be enforced uniformly. My friends in-laws wouldn't let their south-Asian daughter marry a white guy. Said some ridiculous stuff in private. If I had taped that, his successful career would have been over? Gotcha.

"Enforced uniformly" by whom?

There is no "enforcement" here. There is the NBA deciding that they going to lose unimaginable oodles of money unless they do something. Would your friend's in-laws' employers and/or business associates lose a lot of money if it came out that your friend's in-laws wouldn't let (really, "let"? did she need their permission?) their daughter marry a white guy? If yes, then their careers would be affected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Invading someone privacy on a phone call, post it on every news media, and ruin a persons career over a few off color remarks. This does not seem like the thought police to anyone? Pretty soon even your own home won't be safe from prying ears. Out of control. free speech?

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU

The idea that somebody would use this to refer to an 80-year-old man's retaliating 20-year-old bit-on-the-side... Wouldn't George Orwell be surprised.

"Thoughtcrime, they called it. Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you."

Lol - I get where the PP is trying to go with it, but I think it's a bit of a stretch saying this incident is an example of or precursor to 1984.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think many people, of all races, have said things in private that would be embarrassing if made public. do we want to have a society where you need everyone around you, including family members, to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before communicating? Do we need to check for wires before every pillow-chat? come on. this is absurd.

you are allowed to be a jerk.

Oh, well. If you don't want your racist comments to get out to the world, don't make racist comments! Period. I have no sympathy for racists who make comments that somehow get aired. Keep your vile thoughts to yourself. I LOVE that racists will soon feel like they have nowhere to spout their hateful garbage.

Yup. You are also allowed to be stupid. If you make racist comments to your gold-digging younger girlfriend, there might be consequences. You are not free from consequences.

I think that a scary development, but lets hope it is enforced uniformly. If you are taped making a bad comment about other races (other than black), or about gays, or about the handicapped, etc., then these new society rules need to be enforced uniformly. My friends in-laws wouldn't let their south-Asian daughter marry a white guy. Said some ridiculous stuff in private. If I had taped that, his successful career would have been over? Gotcha.

The unabashed stupidity in this analogy is ASTOUNDING. But let's follow your logic -- your friends -in-law(whatever the hell those are) are allowed to not to want their daughter to marry a white guy, but other folks are NOT allowed to not like him or want to do business with him because of it. You cannot have it both ways dude.

[Anonymous]

Sterling deserves all the backlash. He has a history of being a bigot so it was only a matter of time he finally got caught. I find it funny how the mistress is getting blamed by some. No one made him say what he did. Did she set him up? Heck yes, it sure sounded like it from the tapes but he's still a racist adulterer. His wife is the one suing the mistress but she should be putting all her anger on her douchebag slore of a husband who fucked her over in public so easily. Mistress has no obligation to do right by him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think many people, of all races, have said things in private that would be embarrassing if made public. do we want to have a society where you need everyone around you, including family members, to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before communicating? Do we need to check for wires before every pillow-chat? come on. this is absurd.

you are allowed to be a jerk.

Oh, well. If you don't want your racist comments to get out to the world, don't make racist comments! Period. I have no sympathy for racists who make comments that somehow get aired. Keep your vile thoughts to yourself. I LOVE that racists will soon feel like they have nowhere to spout their hateful garbage.

Yup. You are also allowed to be stupid. If you make racist comments to your gold-digging younger girlfriend, there might be consequences. You are not free from consequences.

I think that a scary development, but lets hope it is enforced uniformly. If you are taped making a bad comment about other races (other than black), or about gays, or about the handicapped, etc., then these new society rules need to be enforced uniformly. My friends in-laws wouldn't let their south-Asian daughter marry a white guy. Said some ridiculous stuff in private. If I had taped that, his successful career would have been over? Gotcha.

Is he at the head of an organization that based its profits off of the public? Did he enter into an agreement that forbids certain behavior and actions? If not, your comparison is faulty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think many people, of all races, have said things in private that would be embarrassing if made public. do we want to have a society where you need everyone around you, including family members, to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before communicating? Do we need to check for wires before every pillow-chat? come on. this is absurd.

you are allowed to be a jerk.

Oh, well. If you don't want your racist comments to get out to the world, don't make racist comments! Period. I have no sympathy for racists who make comments that somehow get aired. Keep your vile thoughts to yourself. I LOVE that racists will soon feel like they have nowhere to spout their hateful garbage.

Yup. You are also allowed to be stupid. If you make racist comments to your gold-digging younger girlfriend, there might be consequences. You are not free from consequences.

I think that a scary development, but lets hope it is enforced uniformly. If you are taped making a bad comment about other races (other than black), or about gays, or about the handicapped, etc., then these new society rules need to be enforced uniformly. My friends in-laws wouldn't let their south-Asian daughter marry a white guy. Said some ridiculous stuff in private. If I had taped that, his successful career would have been over? Gotcha.

Is he at the head of an organization that based its profits off of the public? Did he enter into an agreement that forbids certain behavior and actions? If not, your comparison is faulty.

+1 WHY is it hard for people to understand this???

[Anonymous]

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The unabashed stupidity in this analogy is ASTOUNDING. But let's follow your logic -- your friends -in-law(whatever the hell those are) are allowed to not to want their daughter to marry a white guy, but other folks are NOT allowed to not like him or want to do business with him because of it. You cannot have it both ways dude.

Don't be silly. You are not allowed to have opinions about my opinions. If you have opinions about my opinions, you're infringing on my freedom!