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Oct. 8th, 2011 10:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* I've said this before and I'll say it again: the first amendment guarantees that the government can not abbreviate your freedom of speech. it does not protect people from social consequences of that speech, nor does it mean that you are entitled to be paid to broadcast your opinion, nor does it protect your job if the horrible thing you said is widely known and the company you work for thinks that's bad for you image. I defend hank Williams Jr.'s right to say whatever godawful racist thing he wants to say on his own dime. I simultaneously think ESPN had every right to say they don't want to be represented by his disgusting racist ass. Free choice people, and choices have consequences.
* Herman Cain wants to remind you if you weren't born rich and lost your job in the economic crisis it's your fault.
* Why lies matter: http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2011/10/on-mess-that-is-catgate.html
* "Thank you for your service: http://greenwick.livejournal.com/52062.html?mode=reply&style=mine#add_comment
* Wuthering Heights comics: http://beatonna.livejournal.com/151658.html
* As usual, I'm in complete agreement with Melissa Harris Perry. I didn't discus my discomfort with that line of questioning on Mr. Cain's civil rights history yesterday because I was have trouble framing it in prose. I'm giving both segments of this debate, because I think the historical perspective on the history of African American voting patterns and why Herman Cain's 'brainwashing' comment is offensive:
* Herman Cain wants to remind you if you weren't born rich and lost your job in the economic crisis it's your fault.
* Why lies matter: http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2011/10/on-mess-that-is-catgate.html
* "Thank you for your service: http://greenwick.livejournal.com/52062.html?mode=reply&style=mine#add_comment
* Wuthering Heights comics: http://beatonna.livejournal.com/151658.html
* As usual, I'm in complete agreement with Melissa Harris Perry. I didn't discus my discomfort with that line of questioning on Mr. Cain's civil rights history yesterday because I was have trouble framing it in prose. I'm giving both segments of this debate, because I think the historical perspective on the history of African American voting patterns and why Herman Cain's 'brainwashing' comment is offensive:
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