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The first amendment protects speech.
It does not protect from consequences.
What consequences? He doesn't choose to resign. So what?
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The first amendment protects speech.
It does not protect from consequences.
The fact people are commenting on this man's right to say racist, borderline threatening things instead of criticizing the content of his actions says all a foreigner needs to know about American culture.
Defending this mayor and saying his statements and online posts are not racist only make you look racist. This is like a Holocaust denier pretending they're not anti-Semitic.
So we have no choice but to agree with people who like to yell "RACIST" whenever they don't like what someone says? I think that would make you look like a Saul Alinsky follower.
No, it doesn't make you a "Saul Alinsky follower", but taking this tack does make you an apologist for and a defender of racists.
What consequences? He doesn't choose to resign. So what?
This is only a matter of opinion. Not everyone will share the same opinions.
You do know that an apologist and defender are the same things, right?No, it doesn't make you a "Saul Alinsky follower", but taking this tack does make you an apologist for and a defender of racists.
I would say he has defended the right of people to say offensive (in some peoples opinion) things but I don't see where he has defended racism. Maybe you can point it out......No, it doesn't make you a "Saul Alinsky follower", but taking this tack does make you an apologist for and a defender of racists.
Consequences are literally what follows. They could be good or bad.
In this case, the mayor looks like a gigantic, childish racist. Those qualifications also come with consequences.
It doesn't mean he has to be physically attacked, or fired. He could be publicly shamed, or his FAMILY may be targets of disdain.
Did he actually say/write that? I don't have facebook so I can't check.......Usually, a measure of integrity erases those gray areas. There should be no gray area about how racist it is to call the president of the United states a monkey, and his family, while suggesting a lyachting and distributing memes about them as apes leaving the white house.
That, of course, is assuming he's a racist. Calling him one doesn't make it so.
You're right - merely labeling him as a racist doesn't actually make him a racist. What makes him a racist is the racist content of his comments and the memes he's posted.
He even admits that he put up racist stuff:
http://abc27.com/2016/09/30/west-york-mayor-responds-to-controversial-facebook-posts/
Guy sounds a few bricks shy of a full load.......You're right - merely labeling him as a racist doesn't actually make him a racist. What makes him a racist is the racist content of his comments and the memes he's posted.
He even admits that he put up racist stuff:
http://abc27.com/2016/09/30/west-york-mayor-responds-to-controversial-facebook-posts/
And some people can get a good laugh out of it. Many already have.
But let me ask you this: What if people made fun of President Bush when he was in office? Or what if they made fun of Donald Trump? Ever watch SNL?
President Bush does not come from an ethnicity that is still a derision in the U.S. He was not called a chimp because at some point in the past it was scientific and religious "fact" that people like him are apes. He was called a chimp because he was incompetent, and behaved like a chimp in the white house - no direction, no perspective and just fond of destruction.
Only racists, or incredibly ignorant people who have no substantial knowledge of American History would get a good laugh at someone continuously calling a black man an ape, and suggesting lynching.
SNL does not repeatedly refer to Keenan, Tracy Morgan or any other black male as a monkey or ape, and they do not suggest violent racism reminiscent of the Reconstruction Era.
So it's all about skin color as usual.
I wish people would find something more substantial to get excited about.
Defending this mayor and saying his statements and online posts are not racist only make you look racist. This is like a Holocaust denier pretending they're not anti-Semitic.
As I have said before, it makes me wonder if his behavior reflects the behavior of some of the people who are defending him. Maybe some of these people long for the good ole' days when white people could say whatever they wanted about black people or other people of color without suffering any kind of consequences or repercussions.
They do, and they have exposed themselves by acting like this is anything but disgusting.
Once? Maybe I would just say this guy is ignorant and prejudiced. But, repeatedly doing what he did leaves no excuse - besides the ones people are struggling to come up with on this thread.
He knows exactly what he is doing - that is why he is doing it. The people acting like this is a simple joke also know... they are playing ignorant.