Cancel Culture

[tampa24]

I've heard those gay rumors about Lindsey Graham for a while now. I've even half wondered if Trump and others in the Republican establishment were blackmailing him over it. He went from being one of John McCain's best friends and a never-Trumper, to becoming Trump's bottom bitch in record time. I'm actually happy to see all this hypocrisy coming to light.

 

[tampa24]

The urge to suppress ideas I do not like would certainly be justified by the best of intentions, I am sure.

Indeed. It is the road to hell after all. Is it not? haha

For instance I certainly wouldn't mind stifling Trump's right to free speech sometimes. And I could feel very justified in doing so. Then I could wrap that justification in what I see as the most benign and altruistic of intentions. But as you say, that is not how free speech works. One person's best intentions are another person's worst nightmares resulting from sinister, self-serving ulterior motives in disguise.

There was one more aspect that pertains to both the idea of free speech along with the refuge of dictators and wanna-be dictators who take away the rights of minorities, trample on the free speech of all its citizens...and claim that is all for the best of intentions. (Think sending armed, jackbooted government thugs with no visible names or insignias identifying any law enforcement affiliation, to rough up unarmed innocent civilian marchers exercising their constitutional freedom to assemble.)

That being the chilling and infamously dreaded calculation of, "The end result justifies the means."

 

[Frontier]

Well said!!!!!

 

[Frontier]

I have been an attorney since 1982. I cannot begin to tell you the number of times I have had conversations with people who just do not understand free speech. Most of us posting or lurking here live in countries where there is some semblance of a right to free speech. In the US, the right to free speech enshrined in the Constitution protects one from government interference in one's speech [for the most part]. But far too often, people seem to have the mistaken idea that free speech means one can say or do whatever one might wish, wherever you wish, and however, one might wish and suffer no consequences. That is not how it works.

A racist, a homophobe, a misogynist, or whatever has the right to believe as he wishes. The communist, fascist, Democrat, or Republican have the same right. And anyone can speak out about their beliefs. But everyone else has the same right of free speech. They can agree or disagree about the issue the original speaker has raised. If they agree, no issue. If they don't, well, then the original speaker has a problem possibly. Yes, his boss can fire him for making racist comments, regardless of where he makes them. His family can disown him. His neighbors can ostracize him. Friends can refuse to associate with him. And that too is free speech.

In my world view, it is acceptable to hold differing political, philosophical, moral, legal or similar views. I have friends who run the gamut on religious belief or non-belief, on politics, or on other issues. But there are certain things I draw the line on - racism, advocating hatred against other based on religion, ethnicity, skin color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation or the like is different. If someone is spouting hatred of a group of people based on race, I will speak out on that. If the person worked for me, I would fire them. If they were someone who was an actor or some other minor or major public figure I would tell their sponsors, informing them that I would not patronize the sponsors and urge others to also do the same. There are certain types of speech and action I find repulsive and because I do I will speak out about them. I have never eaten at a Chik-fil-A for example. I won't patronize a Hobby Lobby. That's me exercising my free speech.

So yes, someone has the right to be a Nazi and the rest of us all have the right to express how strongly we disagree with that decision. And that includes porn actors who do something stupid, of which there appear to be more than a few.

Very well written, by protest and freedom of speech is to not eat at Chik'Fil, not support the Salvation Army and avoid any and all people and organizations that refuse to make themselves consciously aware of how dysfunctional their thinking and actions are.

 

[juanjo]

Speaking of gay rumors there are people passing around stories about Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas who has to be one of the least intelligent men in public office. There are photos surfacing showing him hanging out in gay bars in the Washington DC area not long before his marriage in 2014. I'll post a couple of verified photos of him and one showing him allegedly in a gay club. Any thoughts?

 

[Jaybifla]

Speaking of gay rumors there are people passing around stories about Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas who has to be one of the least intelligent men in public office. There are photos surfacing showing him hanging out in gay bars in the Washington DC area not long before his marriage in 2014. I'll post a couple of verified photos of him and one showing him allegedly in a gay club. Any thoughts?
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Yep. That mouth has had a dick in it. LOL

 

[tampa24]

I wouldn't be surprised.

 

[Repareur]

Yep. That mouth has had a dick in it. LOL

I wonder if he and Lady G have bumped pussy in the cloak room. They may trade notes on gay hookers.

 

[Frontier]

Would really need the FBI's facial recognition software. I'll see what I can do and get back to you.

 

[juanjo]

Would really need the FBI's facial recognition software. I'll see what I can do and get back to you.

Cool. Supposedly someone ran the photo through some program they use to identify people in photos on Facebook and such and it came back as him but I cannot vouch for that since I do not know the reliability of the program or the poster.

 

[Repareur]

Cool. Supposedly someone ran the photo through some program they use to identify people in photos on Facebook and such and it came back as him but I cannot vouch for that since I do not know the reliability of the program or the poster.

There is supposed to be pictures of Marco Rubio at one of those bubble parties that was reputed to be a gay event.

 

[Jaybifla]

There is supposed to be pictures of Marco Rubio at one of those bubble parties that was reputed to be a gay event.

I’ve heard the Marco Rubio foam party stories too.....

 

[Repareur]

I’ve heard the Marco Rubio foam party stories too.....

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He talked about messing up his shoes or something like that at one of these parties in college. He didn’t say it was a gay party but evidently they are pretty much exclusively gay. Whoops! Lol

 

[juanjo]

The Rubio stories are rather amusing. There are photos of a person who looks like him at some pretty gay foam parties in South Beach back in the day. There are also a number of stories about him frequenting a certain park which at the time was known for three activities at night - people selling coke, gay guys cruising, and street hustlers. Assuming the stories of his presence there were true, anyone want to bet on which of the activities would most easily be forgiven by his constituents?

 

[Jaybifla]

Apparently someone on the Internet has a sense of humor. I’m so happy Broke Straight Boys found it and reposted it on their Instagram. LOLOLOLOL

 

[Repareur]

Apparently someone on the Internet has a sense of humor. I’m so happy Broke Straight Boys found it and reposted it on their Instagram. LOLOLOLOL

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That is great. I bet they weren’t broke after Lady G got hold of them. Do any of them look straight? Not to me.