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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Let me know if you ever really find one.
Also, let me know the next time you get upset about an effort to stop any form of left-leaning speech or inquiry. Like Colin Kaepernick -- I'm sure you're upset that he can't find a job because of his speech.
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Oh, we can have this discussion all day...
Anyone arguing players do not have a right to take a knee is, despite no doubt thinking himself a “patriot,” deeply un-American.
But going beyond that, now we’re into serious authoritarianism, and the very worst form of tyranny against free speech: Corporate Preclusion.
I hate advocating new laws, but there should be one that states no individual may be fired for any free expression outside his employment.
ETA: Corporations should also be banned from acting in response to public panics. That an uneducated public thinks Kaepernick is “disrespectin’ thu flag” does not license corporations (teams and the league broadly) to collude against him and then hide behind, “he endangers our brand.” That some missive from a disgruntled ex gets 10,000 #metoo virtue sugnallers in a moral panic should not cost Chris Hardwick a TV gig. That James Gunn has a fucked up sense of humor should not enable progressive Puritan scolds to cause Disney to fire him.
For further reading on the idiocy of moral/cultural panics and over-reactions, this is highly recommended:
https://www.amazon.com/Mobs-Messiahs.../dp/0470474807
