... except it is not censorship, in any way, shape, or form.
The Cooper Firearms company did not squelch his right to free speech. They did not tell him he had to stop supporting Obama. They did not infringe on his God-granted and Constitutionally-protected rights. Instead, the company did what it would do when confronted with any employee who is about to cost said company potentially copious amounts of money - they asked him to leave.
Perfectly understandable, that.
Consider this alternative: A high-ranking official within the NAACP comes forward and professes to having donated a substantial amount of money to the KKK. What, exactly, do you think would happen next?
And would those actions be censorship? Or "bullshit"? Or "knuckling under"? Far from it.
Or, even beter, what if Dan himself had professed to supporting the KKK? Would that change the situation / your opinion?
As the line goes, "You cannot kneel down in the middle of a highway and live to tell about it, son." Every action has a consequence, a repercussion, a price, and Dan really should have thought more about what the results would be if he supported a rabidly anti-rights Presidential candidate.
Of course, I am speaking as one of those people who promised to boycott Cooper Firearms so long as Dan was there (http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2008/10/turncoat.html), so you will probably discard my opinions immediately.
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Date: 30 October 2008 23:34 (UTC)The Cooper Firearms company did not squelch his right to free speech. They did not tell him he had to stop supporting Obama. They did not infringe on his God-granted and Constitutionally-protected rights. Instead, the company did what it would do when confronted with any employee who is about to cost said company potentially copious amounts of money - they asked him to leave.
Perfectly understandable, that.
Consider this alternative: A high-ranking official within the NAACP comes forward and professes to having donated a substantial amount of money to the KKK. What, exactly, do you think would happen next?
And would those actions be censorship? Or "bullshit"? Or "knuckling under"? Far from it.
Or, even beter, what if Dan himself had professed to supporting the KKK? Would that change the situation / your opinion?
As the line goes, "You cannot kneel down in the middle of a highway and live to tell about it, son." Every action has a consequence, a repercussion, a price, and Dan really should have thought more about what the results would be if he supported a rabidly anti-rights Presidential candidate.
Of course, I am speaking as one of those people who promised to boycott Cooper Firearms so long as Dan was there (http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2008/10/turncoat.html), so you will probably discard my opinions immediately.