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Originally Posted by highthief
Why do some people think that you are allowed, under freedom of expression, to say and do anything you want in any circumstances. I can't go into a movie and talk all the way through it and not expect to be kicked out. When one person's "freedom of expression" impinges upon the rights of every else to not have to listen or see something offensive (especially in an enclosed environment such as a plane), just what do this dingbat's advocates think is fair?
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You're not forced to "see something offensive in an enclosed environment"... the only thing you can see on a plane is the seat in front of you, or the sides of the people around you. If you can see the shirt someone is wearing, it's because you're walking past them. WALKING PAST THEM. Not camping out and staring at the damn thing. It doesn't burn itself into your retinas... once you look at it, read it, and get your shorts in a bunch, you can look away. It's not like the woman is blocking you from seeing anything you'd otherwise want to see without obstruction of the pure evil emblazoned across her chest.
Going into a movie and talking through it violates the rules of the movie house- which has nothing to do with freedom of speech, only the rules of the private business- so your movie argument is pointless and doesn't apply. Also, according to the above carrier rules, there's nothing in there that covers the reason she was kicked off the plane. Wearing a t-shirt that some- note that is SOME, not all- people might find offensive, is not "being offensive".
So you're suggesting that a major tenet of every good document of civil rights, the freedom of speech, should be amended to disclude "tacky t-shirts" because there are some whiny crybaby dipshits whose lives are thrown into turmoil because they happened to glance at a shirt that said "fuckers" on it? It wasn't just the word for the sake of the word, either. It was political satire and a pun on a pop-culture reference. It wasn't just a shirt that said "fuckers" for the sake of saying "fuckers".
Also, the other shirts you gave as examples with "this is the wrong place to wear X shirt"... if you can't look past satire (just because it's not funny to
you, doesn't mean it's not funny)... if anything you dislike is automatically offensive, that is a very closed-minded way to live, and I am disappointed.
What a sad, sad, pathetic existence is that of the person whose universe comes crashing down on them because they chanced to see a dirty word. Boo. "Fuckers". Hoo.
I have to look at feminine hygiene commercials all day. Do I want to? No. But i'm not going to bitch about it, because the world does not revolve around me, and just because I chance to see something I dislike, in passing, I'm not going to have a heart attack, piss my pants, or break down crying.
That's because i'm not a stupid douchebag, like these people.
It should be noted that I can count on one hand the number of times i've ever had to resort to using the word douchebag. I'm THAT bothered by the stupidity of others.