Quote:I was using the example in the OP. Settle down boss.

I get that, and I clarified my point in the post referencing the OP.  But, you certainly wanted to fixate on that, which is precisely what the media is doing.  There are far better examples where most people would understand objections.  But, we're all conditioned to respond to the dog whistle issues the media likes to create from thin air. 

 

Much like the fake report the OP used to start this entire discussion, the REAL situation that created all the clamor last week was just as much a fake story.  That didn't stop the media from trying to destroy a small business in their quest to squash out opinions they don't subscribe to. 

 

It's funny.  The media continues to be outraged over the way a pizza parlor owner responded to questions about catering gay marriage, but there's a very prominent report out there of a reporter walking into a Muslim owned bakery and basically doing the same thing.  The bakery declined to make a cake for a gay marriage, but for some odd reason, that story got zero traction.  Why?  It was almost a carbon copy of the story in Indiana, but the target of that outrage was directed at Christians.  For whatever reason, this same agenda driven media has a blind spot when it comes to certain religious sects.  If they're going to be consistent, be consistent.  Go after any business that is, in their eyes, discriminating based on sexual preference.  They're not consistent in the way they apply their agenda. 

 

 

Quote:People today seem to look for reasons to be offended. The media looks for stories to exploit these reasons and does so to the nth degree. And the general public eats it up while the left and right bicker about it all with hate and discontent. All of this pouring more fuel on the fire.

 

 

There's nothing in the Constitution that protects people from being offended, but you wouldn't know that today if you're paying attention. 

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