In the wake of the "Why I Hate Blacks" column

[madbaker]

I'm a big fan of the First Amendment. Kenneth Eng has the right to write what he wishes, regardless of how moronic.

But - as the Dixie Chicks learned a couple years back - it is worth remembering that "Free speech" does not mean "Free consequences".

Edited for clarification: Assume I'm an entertainer, or even an editorial writer. It is my free speech right to say publicly that, for example, I think blue jeans are stupid and anyone who wears them is a brain-dead fashion victim.

But it is not a violation of my free speech rights when jean-wearers stop buying my product, and Levi's pulls their sponsorship.

Comments

[wingedcorset.livejournal.com]

Huh? Link?

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Here's what the Comical (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/02/27/MNGTCOBI921.DTL) has to say on the matter.

Ramble, ramble, sputter

[gaudete1066.livejournal.com]

"Contrary to media depictions, I would argue that blacks are weak-willed. They are the only race that has been enslaved for 300 years."

Has this fellow never heard of the Roman Empire? They enslaved EVERYBODY. African, Anglo, Asian... If we assume the earliest point at which everyone would agree on the Romans even possessing an empire would be after their victory in the second Punic war in 201 BC, and then adhering to the date traditionally used for the ousting of the last emperor, Romulus Augustus, in AD 476, I'd say that's a bit more than 300 years. For everybody.

Re: Ramble, ramble, sputter

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Don't try to analyze it using logic and reason. You'll just make your brain hurt.

Re: Ramble, ramble, sputter

[gaudete1066.livejournal.com]

You're right. How silly of me. I'll go put my brain back in the box with the fluffy padding, fix myself some cocoa, and watch the wind shake the darling pre-buds of May. Hm. That *is* less stressful. Ahhh.

(but I'd still like to smack Mr. Eng upside the head with a clue-by-four. please??)

[wingedcorset.livejournal.com]

That's abhorrent.

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Yup. Quite appalling, really.