Why is it that nowdays, everyone have to walk on eggshells and watch what they say? Call me crazy, but doesn't the 1st Amendment guarantee freedom of speech? People like Michael Richardson and Isaiah Washington get hung up like social pariahs when all they're actually doing is voicing their opinions. And they have a right to do that. But when Paris Hilton spews racial comments no one cares. I just don't think a comment such as "******" can be termed wrong when it's the truth. And I especially don't think the way someone feels can be treated in rehab. If someone feels a certain way about something, they have a right to it. I am by no means homophobic or racist, but am just wondering why the gay community expects everyone to accept their social status and their opinions while they have no respect for the people who don't agree with them. I mean, if a gay person has the right to voice his or her opinion without going to rehab or anything, why don't i have the same right?
2007-03-12 06:29:08 · 4 answers · asked by LittleItalianInMe 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
People want sympathy and the emotional effects of racism. If something is offensive to them, they are quick to pull the race card before trying to handle the situation rationally, but people feel more sympathetic towards somebody who wants to cry racism than not. One day people will learn that you can't pull your card every time you are offended because it gets real old real quick, not to mention it's uneducated sounding because you cannot use your mind to come up with a more informed dispute.
2007-03-12 10:12:13 · answer #1 · answered by Peach 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, we have freedom of speech. No one told Michael Richardson, Isaiah Washington, or Ann Coulter that they would be thrown in jail for what they said. No one forced Isaiah Washington to go to rehab, he chose that himself. We don't have to agree or support their choice of words even though they have the freedom to say them. They can say what they want, but I also have the right to lose respect for them and/or treat them like a social pariah.
2007-03-12 06:49:31 · answer #2 · answered by poohb2878 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Most of us (gays) don't have a problem with people saying what they want: The problem is that those people have over 1000 rights that gays do not have (in the US). Speaking your opinion is one thing: creating oppressive, cruel, restrictive laws based on those opinions is another.
2007-03-12 08:59:36 · answer #3 · answered by Emily H 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. I dated a guy from outta city as quickly as. Low and behold, he had 2 different girlfriends, that have been bestfriends, in yet another city. of direction as quickly as I found out, i became into harm. I depended on him to be honest with me from the commencing up and he wasn't. i think of that harm me the main.
2016-12-18 11:46:37 · answer #4 · answered by penso 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋