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Re: Freedom Forum report on the State of the First Amendment
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In <[email protected]>, on 12/23/97
at 12:55 PM, Colin Rafferty <[email protected]> said:
>William H Geiger writes:
>> In <[email protected]>, on 12/23/97 at 10:30 AM, Colin Rafferty <[email protected]> said:
>>> Paul Bradley writes:
>>>>> >Suppose RealBig Corporation fired Umbehr for his views. Would a First
>>>>> >Amendment issue have arisen? Of course not. In a free society, RealBig
>>>>> >is free to hire whom it wishes, and to refuse to hire niggers, homos,
>>>>> >perverts, Jews, whatever. And to fire anyone who wrote opinions the
>>>>> >managers at RealBig disliked.
>>>>>
>>>>> Substitute "fascist society" for "free society" in the paragraph
>>>>> above and the discussion begins to make some sense. Hell, it's even
>>>>> historically accurate.
>>>> Wrong, do you dispute the fact that RealBig corp. is free to refuse to
>>>> hire people for any reason whatsoever? Do you think I should not be
>>>> allowed to refuse to hire people because of their race or sexual
>>>> orientation?
>>>> Should the government be able to take action against me because I fire
>>>> someone for being jewish/black/homosexual???
>>> Welcome to the 20th Century, moron.
>> Really amazing how many so-called "freedom fighters" become STATIST if the
>> proper buttons are pushed.
>What are you talking about?
>Freedom of expression is not the same as freedom of oppression.
>If you want to live in a hut in Montana and shelter yourself from the
>real world, feel free. Otherwise, it may be a good idea to check out
>social theories from the last hundred years.
Please explain to me where in the Constitution the government is given the
power to determin who I *must* associate with?? If I decide that I do not
wish to do business with anyone who's last name begins with the letter "R"
what gives you the right to say that I must?!?
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