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I want to know now if the guy wrote to Dan for advice, too.
Even so, the animals were still their's to care for. Thay could've publicized the landlord's actions, donated the animals to homes or other sellers. Heck, anything but letting them die of starvation in their own filth.
I'd rather these little brats be called out for their ridiculously antisocial behavior than see people sit on their hands, talking amongst themselves about how awful and bad it is that "some people" talk in ways that they themselves don't approve of. If only SOMEONE would do something about this.
(Relax, "honkies", I voted for him too.)
People have come to see the Constitution as Civil Religion, something that can be invoked to declare that a given act committed by any individual is a sin against our national principles. It is nothing of the kind. In fact, the Constitution is Law, and just like any other legal document, it is enforced as written.
Whenever someone claims that I am violating the First Amendment by telling them to shut up, I respond that if that's the case they can go call a cop. The same is true when people whine about the Second Amendment if I express a desire for gun control. I am not Congress, and the Constitution nor any of its Amendments demand anything of me, nor do they restrict my actions.
Happy Veterans' Day
11/11
Shoddy journalism, an even worse when it's on the issue of child molestation. Heads deserve to roll over that, and not just the Director General of a few months.
As the comments on the twitter story indicate, there are consequences to speech.
All the stories about bad stuff at the BBC need to be taken in context. The Tories want to shut the BBC down, and are playing up these stories for all they are worth and more.
When people say good things to you, do you not reward them with positive behavior or words of your own? Why should shitty words and behavior not be met with their own social consequences?
Please note the difference between social and legal consequences. The difference is everything when discussing freedom of speech.
The mere accusation of pedophilia is enough to ruin anyone's career. This is true even if one leads a fairly anonymous life. for someone who's career is based on public opinion, its devastating.
Before making such an accusation, several things need to be true. 1) There has to be real, solid evidence that the crime actually took place, and that the accused really is guilty. 2) There must be some reason to believe that either past victims will benefit from exposing said pedophile, or that future victims will be protected from harm by doing so.
Remember the Satanic Ritual Abuse scandal of the late 1980's? People thought daycare providers across America were using kids for Satantic rituals involving sexual abuse. This became a moral panic, and several people went to jail for crimes that never took place. I'm sure it was alot of fun for the reporters back in the day, and since none of them had to suffer any consequences for having ruined people's lives, you can still see many of those same reporters on TV. The West Memphis Three didn't think it was very fun, though.
There are genuine and real monsters out there, Jerry Sanduskys and Jimmy Saviles and Catholic Priests. They leave lots of evidence behind. be careful in your quest to burn the witches that you don't throw any innocent bystanders onto the bonfire.
Thats the beauty of it. If I start arguing for some really heinous shit - people will treat me differently. They can't stop me, but they can ignore me, block me, scream loudly next to me...
Our Presidents spiritual advisor tells his grandchildren that Jews won't let him talk to Obama. He also promotes the black hate group Nation of Islam No consequences.
A teenger talk about Obama the way they hear rappers talk about blacks, gays, women, Jews and Asians then all hell breaks loose.
How about going on twitter and looking at all the anti-gay, anti-woman and anti-Jewish hate speech spewed by blacks then doing the same thing you did to these white kids? Is fighting racism when it comes from blacks off limits? It certainly seems like it is.
It is amazing at the self ritcheousness of people who want to make sure no white person ever utters an unkind word about blacks but is willing to give a free pass to hate speech by blacks even when it is by well respected members of the black community. But you have no problem picking on teenagers. Pathetic. How about some of you self ritcheous racism hunters come out and protest the next time Louis Farrkhan speaks on a college campus? He has spoke at a dozen this year- including UC Berkeley and Howard U- without a peep from the racism hunters.
Peabrain, please explain to me how you equate public exposure of someone's thoughts & actions to incarceration or denial of civil rights? Because, see, Peabrain, when you invoke "freedom of speech," you're bringing in what it is against: putting people in jail for what they say. What you're wanting is the exact opposite of freedom of speech, where a certain class of people can say whatever they like and no one gets to call them on it. Which was the situation where the concept of Free Speech originated: in 18th C. Europe where they still had aristocracy.
Does that make sense, Peabrain?
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Doing so is kind of ironic. The whole point of the Jezebel article is that the internet has created a culture where people post horrible things online and feel that they should never have to bear someone calling them to account for that. Insulting people who disagree with the idea that Freedom of Speech means nobody can ever disagree with you or tell you that you are wrong is the exact same sort of trolling this article was intended to address.
So while I do agree with 24 in principle, I find his/her decision to attack another poster that we both disagree with objectionable.
If you want to establish yourself as the mature person in the room during an argument, you fail miserably the moment you begin making ad hominem attacks.
The whole idea of a pet store disgusts me anyway. Its time has passed. Blessings to those who attempted to and have saved the abandoned creatures.
Don't get me started on the shot swan. That's ruined my Sunday.
Statistically, white people are overwhelmingly more likely to commit racial hate crimes, while blacks are slightly more likely to target people based on sexual orientation or physical disability. The rates of overall hate crime offenses for each don't vary noticeably from population demographics, though. (source)
You may now return to your irrational prejudice against blacks.
* No one would have posted any racist tweets in the event of a white male Democrat winning. Most African Americans vote Democratic.
Old enough to type on a computer is old enough to understand that racial slurs harm other people, and harming other people is bad. They deserve what they get.
Why the defensiveness on behalf of actually, objectively racist white people, huh?
you first, bitch.
we noticed from your "mystrangeface" "about me" page that "seatackled has not written a bio."
How about you post your name, address, place of employment, email address and some (real) pictures....
Racially motivated violence by Black against Whites is not uncommon in this country.
If you get all your news from Slog you wouldn't know it, though....
You are out of your mind. There have been 60 or so mob attacks in Seattle over the last couple years. Almost all being black on white or black on Asian. Just a coincidence! This same pattern has occured all over the country including an attack on whites by a black mob of over 200 at a Wiscounsin state fair. Your belief that white on black hate speech is more "dangerous" is false. Close to none of these mob attacks were prosecuted as hate crimes. When was the last time a mob of whites attacked a black person at random without it being labeled a hate crime? Probably around 1942.
Why the lack of calling out of hate speech on actually, objectively racist black people, huh?
"There have been 60 or so mob attacks in Seattle over the last couple years."
So that would be 30 a year.
Or more than 2 a month on average.
Do you have any documentation for that?
Because it sounds rather unusual.
You really need to lay off getting your news from the Storm Front website.
Here is a clue for you - they make that shit up.
So glad that your racist ass is upset. Yes, Black people rule the world. Get used to it, Punk. Go to Russia or some other White country if you don't like the US or the Black man who is in the White House for the next 4 years.
Very glad that Jezebel called out the little racist asses. And also glad that their school knows about their misconduct. No pity for them at all.
Forgot to add, I hope you collect a beat down from one of those 60+ Big Black mobs that you claim are roaming around Seattle. Like anybody believes your racist ass! Please.
Stick to Stormfront.
that man in the White House is mocha....
http://www.animalnewyork.com/2012/ill-do…
Seriously. That's all he does on Slog. He dutifully patrols the posts as the self-designated defender of the right of white people to use the language of slave masters in the year 2012, for god's sake. It's his duty!
You know what, you backwards peabrain? The reason no one gives a damn about social conservatives anymore is because peabrains like you are their representatives. Keep patrolling Slog and blabbing about aggrieved white racist peabrains and we'll just keep winning elections.
It's not about racism in general. It doesn't claim to be about racism in general. There's no need for it to be about racism in general. It's about this one particular event.
And there's nothing wrong with ad hominem attacks as long as they are relevant. If the topic is racial tolerance, and you have a history of saying racially inflammatory things against blacks on this website, it's a valid point to bring up.
@42: [citation needed]
If you're telling the truth, you'd think we'd have heard about all these black mob attacks from people who don't have swastika tattoos.
Which leads to the second problem: these "kids" really should incur some consequences for their actions, and if not Jezebel, then who? If it's a public school, the school may not have grounds to punish the kids since the conduct occured outside of school and is probably protected by the First Amendment. And if the kids are dropping n-bombs, chances are the parents are too (and if that's the case, what's the likelihood of a meaningful punishment from the parents?).
Katy's suggestion to the call the police would also be futile. These teens didn't do anything illegal (And cops have better things to do than monitor bad taste on the internet).
So I don't have any problems with Jezebel's piece, even it was motivated by commerce or other factors. There should be ramifications for calling someone a n*****, especially if done through the bullhorn that is in the internet.