Quite honestly, I agree with what the locals did. They might be small-minded droids, but is it really fair to bait them based on something somebody they have never even seen did?
And yes, people in general are stupid - but if you see a guy with a giant (and filled rather graphic pictures) sign stating "All employees of [your company] should be shot, stabbed, and molested to various degrees" sign, you probably won't feel very friendly to him either. The actual distinction is surprisingly minor, if you think about it (there's a slippery slope here).
As for your right to free speech - you have it. (Sort of, admittedly). But you also have the *duty* to use it responsibly. So writing to your congressmen and to the idiot responsible, or holding rallies, or using the *political* power within your grasp (there's a reason the right to lobby is in the constitution) is good. Harassing poor, innocent, and mindbogglingly stupid jobsworths who probably get minimum-wage... well, you can probably guess what that proves.
I agree that harrassing underpaid workers is not a good idea but I don't see how saying their boss is an idiot would be baiting them.
And I see a huge difference between expressing a personal (even though, possibly, immature) opinion and suggesting people should be hurt. And honestly, I also hope you see the difference between name-calling directed at a third party [boss] and a threat directed at you [employee].
I agree that there's a difference, yes. The problem is that if you allow him to state that [person] is an idiot, you should logically allow him to say that [person] is an asshole. From asshole you can proceed to (clipping out a few intermediate steps here) [censored censored]. But if you allow that he's a [censored censored], then you should allow the idea that he should be [censored] as well. If you allow that, it goes further
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> And honestly, I also hope you see the difference between > name-calling directed at a third party [boss] and a threat > directed at you [employee].
While not to the same degree, this will eventually turn into the same difference your average russian Jew feels when hearing the ever-popular "all Jews are [insert preferred less-than-complimentary adjective here]! but not you, you're a good one..."
Not to mention what crowd dynamics can do when channeled (im)properly...
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Maybe not all of the system is broken.
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And yes, people in general are stupid - but if you see a guy with a giant (and filled rather graphic pictures) sign stating "All employees of [your company] should be shot, stabbed, and molested to various degrees" sign, you probably won't feel very friendly to him either. The actual distinction is surprisingly minor, if you think about it (there's a slippery slope here).
As for your right to free speech - you have it. (Sort of, admittedly). But you also have the *duty* to use it responsibly. So writing to your congressmen and to the idiot responsible, or holding rallies, or using the *political* power within your grasp (there's a reason the right to lobby is in the constitution) is good. Harassing poor, innocent, and mindbogglingly stupid jobsworths who probably get minimum-wage... well, you can probably guess what that proves.
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And I see a huge difference between expressing a personal (even though, possibly, immature) opinion and suggesting people should be hurt.
And honestly, I also hope you see the difference between name-calling directed at a third party [boss] and a threat directed at you [employee].
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> name-calling directed at a third party [boss] and a threat
> directed at you [employee].
While not to the same degree, this will eventually turn into the same difference your average russian Jew feels when hearing the ever-popular "all Jews are [insert preferred less-than-complimentary adjective here]! but not you, you're a good one..."
Not to mention what crowd dynamics can do when channeled (im)properly...
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