[Vision2020] Political correctness run amok

Ron Force rforce2003 at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 29 16:33:49 PDT 2014


Des Mones SD= Government School. If it were a private school, she wouldn't have had a case. 
 
Ron Force 
Moscow Idaho USA
On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 4:10 PM, Sue Hovey <suehovey at moscow.com> wrote:
 
But in Tinker v. Des Moines SD the issue was all about 1st Amendment Rights 
and did not involve government censorship or prosecution...made clear in the 
case...nevertheless the ruling was her first amendment rights “did not stop at 
the school house door.”  
>sue h 
> 
>From: Scott Dredge 
>Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 3:50 PM
>To: viz 
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Political correctness run 
amok
> 
>Donald Sterling's First Amendment rights are fully intact as he's 
not facing censorship from the government and he's also not facing prosecution 
for what he said in private.  Apparently on the same tape, Sterling said 'I 
love black people', but the conversation needs to be taking in totality and full 
context and not reduced, as usual, to only a few sound bytes that resonate with 
Tom Hansen rendering a verdict & decree.
>
>Also interesting to note is 
that the NAACP was planning to give Sterling a 2nd lifetime achievement award on 
May 15th.  Sterling received his first NAACP award 5 years ago.
>
>http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/04/donald-sterling-naacp-award
>
>All 
of this is so...what's the right phrase...black and white?
>
>-Scott
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>  
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>On Apr 29, 2014, at 3:19 PM, "Sue Hovey" <suehovey at moscow.com> 
wrote:
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>Frankly, I think he’s a “dirty old man” with a great looking young woman  friend, and his prejudices and bigotry extend far beyond what he has just  said.  Even so,  it would seem to me he has a First Amendment right  to say what he thinks.  Not knowing what the bylaws of the NBA say to  this issue, I do wonder how they can ban him from games when he owns the team,  and I imagine the courts will be asked to resolve that issue. If the KKK has a  First Amendment right to march down the streets of American cities (and I  don’t argue they do) then maybe Magic Johnson should just have to “suck it  up.”   I believe the First Amendment is precious...and yes, there  are consequences for speech that harms, but we have to be very wary of  consequences for something that is purely speech and not overt behavior, which  is discrimination and often illegal.  
>> 
>>Perhaps the NBA could look into the Cliven Bundy case and remove him from  his ranch just as Sterling has been removed from the Arena.  Well maybe  their bylaws don’t extend that far.  Damn.    
>> 
>>Sue H. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>From: Ron Force 
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 2:14 PM
>>To: Gary Crabtree ; Paul  Rumelhart 
>>Cc: Vision 2020 
>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Political correctness run  amok
>> 
>>It wasn't just "black people" dude, it was Magic  Johnson!
>> 
>>Ron Force 
>>Moscow Idaho USA
>>On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 1:59 PM, Gary  Crabtree <moscowlocksmith at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>The guy should be thanking his lucky stars that he wasn't illegally  taped stating that he believed that marriage should be between a man and a  women exclusively. They would be calling for a total confiscation of all his  worldly goods and a summary execution.
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>>>g
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>>>On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:48 PM,  Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>Donald  Sterling has now been banned for life from games and practices by the NBA  and fined $2.5 million dollars.  Why? Because he was recorded saying  bad things about black people in a PRIVATE conversation he was having with  his girlfriend.  One that was very likely recorded illegally. Does  this strike anyone here as being over-the-top?  Or am I the only one  not on the "OMG! He said bad things about black people!"  bandwagon?
>>>>
>>>>I hate that we have become a nation of nattering 
      ninnies.
>>>>
>>>>Paul
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