(03-14-2022, 07:24 AM)mikesez Wrote: Public accommodations may not be denied based on race, gender, national origin, etc.
Political views are not one of those protected categories, nor should they be.
Also, there are right and wrong ways to say things. We teach this children, but I will teach it to you, because maybe you didn't learn it when you were a child.
If you like Trump, just say, "I like Trump". It's a positive message, it's only about you, few people will have a problem with it. Don't say, "F### Joe Biden."  That's a negative message, and a vulgar message.  It's pretty close to fighting words.  I'm sorry that sounds didactic and condescending but apparently that's what we need around here.
I mean, say it if you want to say it, but don't be surprised if people react the way this flight attendant did.  You have the freedom of speech but not the freedom from the consequences of speech.  If you put fighting words on your apparel, don't be surprised if people want to fight you.

[BLEEP] that. And by that I mean Biden, Trump, Pelosi, McConnell, Kackala and anyone else. I learned my history just fine, discrimination because someone is offended is a quick step to tyranny. They made up a rule on the fly because someone was offended, that's wrong. If I tried, as a Moderator here, to ban someone because they said something that offended me personally but was not against the rules then I would be properly castigated for it. Same thing here with Delta, and the fact his speech was distinctly political makes it particularly egregious. The guy wasn't sitting there with a bullhorn disrupting the peace, he had a slogan on his mask. Letting some pearl clutcher toss him off the plane for that (when he agreed to cover it) is offensive to me and should be to all of you as well.

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