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samcol · 10-21-2010, 02:06 PM

I don't think it's a freedom of speech matter from the bill of rights standpoint as he's not facing charges for his speech.

However, it kinda goes against the idea of free speech. I consider this in the same boat as an employer firing someone for the type of political bumper sticker they have.

It's not a freedom of speech issue, but it looks pretty bad on NPR's part.

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some more thoughts: why doesn't NPR drop the minuscule amount it indirectly gets from federal funding? then this becomes a non issue really.

also why is what he said even remotely offensive? honestly i think it's a normal reaction when you look at the bombardment of security at the airport with all the big brother warnings on the loudspeakers and the constant threat level warnings. that combined with reports of the government daily that says al qaida plans to attack blah blah blah...

it doesn't take a racist to be afraid of a muslim on a plane when we are getting bombarded with this propaganda. and i'm saying this as a person who doesn't even believe radical muslims attacked us on 9/11 (yup a tr00fer).

10-21-2010, 02:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
samcol Junkie Location: Indiana	I don't think it's a freedom of speech matter from the bill of rights standpoint as he's not facing charges for his speech. However, it kinda goes against the idea of free speech. I consider this in the same boat as an employer firing someone for the type of political bumper sticker they have. It's not a freedom of speech issue, but it looks pretty bad on NPR's part. ____ some more thoughts: why doesn't NPR drop the minuscule amount it indirectly gets from federal funding? then this becomes a non issue really. also why is what he said even remotely offensive? honestly i think it's a normal reaction when you look at the bombardment of security at the airport with all the big brother warnings on the loudspeakers and the constant threat level warnings. that combined with reports of the government daily that says al qaida plans to attack blah blah blah... it doesn't take a racist to be afraid of a muslim on a plane when we are getting bombarded with this propaganda. and i'm saying this as a person who doesn't even believe radical muslims attacked us on 9/11 (yup a tr00fer). __________________ It's time for the president to hand over his nobel peace prize. Last edited by samcol; 10-21-2010 at 02:15 PM..