Screw Free Speech

aerial
aerial Posts: 2,319
edited October 2010 in A Moving Train
Screw Free Speech, NPR Fires Juan Williams for Muslim Remarks

http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2010/10/20/screw-free-speech-npr-fires-juan-williams-for-muslim-remarks/
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
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  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    Mr. Williams is free to talk as he wishes...however, he won't be free-speechin' as a employee of NPR...


    is that hard...?
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,253
    he should have known that whenever he went on tv he is an employee of NPR and should have acted as a better representative of npr. they can fire whoever they want.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • Latin Square
    Latin Square Posts: 21
    inmytree wrote:
    Mr. Williams is free to talk as he wishes...however, he won't be free-speechin' as a employee of NPR...


    is that hard...?


    Agreed. The right to speak freely doesn't free people from the consequences.
  • aerial
    aerial Posts: 2,319
    Yes when you try and be truthful you get into trouble........How sad it is people cannot be truthful anymore.......
    “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
  • marcos
    marcos Posts: 2,112
    It was taken completely out of context, but that's the state of politics right now, whatever gets the headlines.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,320
    Did he just get fired for saying that people in Arab attire make him a little nervous at the airport?
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  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    aerial wrote:
    Yes when you try and be truthful you get into trouble........How sad it is people cannot be truthful anymore.......

    which is different than screwing free speech...
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    Jason P wrote:
    Did he just get fired for saying that people in Arab attire make him a little nervous at the airport?

    “I mean, look, Bill, I’m not a bigot. You know the kind of books I’ve written about the civil rights movement in this country,” he said. “But when I get on a plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they’re identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous.”

    Read more at Wonkette: Juan Williams Fired For Admitting He Is Afraid of Flying Muslims
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Jason P wrote:
    Did he just get fired for saying that people in Arab attire make him a little nervous at the airport?

    I wonder if he had said "Americans in uniform" make me nervous he would still have a job ? :lol:

    Godfather.
  • Boxes&Books
    Boxes&Books USA Posts: 2,672
    Godfather. wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    Did he just get fired for saying that people in Arab attire make him a little nervous at the airport?

    I wonder if he had said "Americans in uniform" make me nervous he would still have a job ? :lol:

    Godfather.


    :roll:
  • Boxes&Books
    Boxes&Books USA Posts: 2,672
    aerial wrote:
    Yes when you try and be truthful you get into trouble........How sad it is people cannot be truthful anymore.......


    Just curious --- Do you get scared when you see middle eastern people?

    What about Rick Sanchez? I didn't see your post on him, huh? :?
  • cajunkiwi
    cajunkiwi Posts: 984
    Doesn't the First Amendment only protect you from the government interfering in what you say? Last time I checked, a corporation (like NPR) was allowed to fire you for publicly saying Muslims scare you.
    And I listen for the voice inside my head... nothing. I'll do this one myself.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    poor juan...so oppressed

    http://www.politico.com/blogs/onmedia/1 ... tract.html
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/1021/ ... n-Williams
    ...
    Six 'so-called' journalists fired/quit over racial and/or ethinc comments"
    Juan Williams (NPR) - Afraid of people dressed in Muslim clothing
    Helen Thomas (Hearst) - Thinks the Jews should 'get the Hell out of Palestine'.
    Octavia Nasr (CNN) - Respects Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah as a giant of Hezbollah
    Laura Schlessinger (Quit her syndicated Radio Show) - Likes the word, 'Nigger'.
    Rick Sanchez (CNN) - Thinks the Jews run the media.
    Don imus (CBS Radio) - Thinks the WNBA are a bunch of Nappy-headed Hos.
    ...
    Nothing to do with Freedom of Speech... because Congress, nor any State legislative branches did not act on ANY of these cases.
    Bottom line... it is all about MONEY. Ratings for CNN, CBS Hearst Newspapers... donated subscriptions from private citizens and/or foundations and public funding through grants for NPR. Money... moreso, the LOSS of money was the the driving source behind these BUSINESS DECISIONS.
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  • Pepe Silvia
    Pepe Silvia Posts: 3,758
    is sexual harrasment protected under you free speech clause to employment?
    don't compete; coexist

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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Cosmo wrote:
    http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/1021/The-Juan-Williams-treatment-five-other-ousted-media-personalities/Juan-Williams
    ...
    Six 'so-called' journalists fired/quit over racial and/or ethinc comments"
    Juan Williams (NPR) - Afraid of people dressed in Muslim clothing
    Helen Thomas (Hearst) - Thinks the Jews should 'get the Hell out of Palestine'.
    Octavia Nasr (CNN) - Respects Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah as a giant of Hezbollah
    Laura Schlessinger (Quit her syndicated Radio Show) - Likes the word, 'Nigger'.
    Rick Sanchez (CNN) - Thinks the Jews run the media.
    Don imus (CBS Radio) - Thinks the WNBA are a bunch of Nappy-headed Hos.
    I bet they could all get jobs at Fox News... Look at the shit O'Reilly says and he still has a job.
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    Jeanwah wrote:
    Cosmo wrote:
    http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/1021/The-Juan-Williams-treatment-five-other-ousted-media-personalities/Juan-Williams
    ...
    Six 'so-called' journalists fired/quit over racial and/or ethinc comments"
    Juan Williams (NPR) - Afraid of people dressed in Muslim clothing
    Helen Thomas (Hearst) - Thinks the Jews should 'get the Hell out of Palestine'.
    Octavia Nasr (CNN) - Respects Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah as a giant of Hezbollah
    Laura Schlessinger (Quit her syndicated Radio Show) - Likes the word, 'Nigger'.
    Rick Sanchez (CNN) - Thinks the Jews run the media.
    Don imus (CBS Radio) - Thinks the WNBA are a bunch of Nappy-headed Hos.
    I bet they could all get jobs at Fox News... Look at the shit O'Reilly says and he still has a job.
    Like norm's point haha!
    "Scared of Muslims are you? YOU'RE HIRED! $$"
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  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    read these board rules....

    can you say anything you want? is it a free speech issue?
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    aerial wrote:
    How sad it is people cannot be truthful anymore.......

    You mean like the Tea Partiers claiming that Obama is a Muslim, and a communist, and that he wasn't born in America?
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    Byrnzie wrote:
    aerial wrote:
    How sad it is people cannot be truthful anymore.......

    You mean like the Tea Partiers claiming that Obama is a Muslim, and a communist, and that he wasn't born in America?
    ...i don't think she actually knows what a communist is.
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