The Ostrich Syndrome
April 29th, 2007 by Quan Tranh
Another thing that bothered me from the Fallout Central podcast debate with Albert was his blatant disregard for the US Constitution. I made the point that I have not heard JV & Elvis or Rosie O’Donnell and I don’t need to hear them. He said that was like hiding your head in the sand and sitting idly by while the boogeyman is forming from some nebulous fog or a Stephen King novel. Not only should we watch what the boogeyman is doing, but putting a stop to that boogeyman is what this approach is all about. Pro-censorship approach? If it looks like pho noodle soup, and tastes like pho noodle soup, then it must be Pho!
In order to defend JV & Elvis, Rosie, or anyone else I do not need to hear what their speech is. If you have to hear what someone else has to say in order to validate it, then you do not believe in freedom of speech and sadly you do not believe in our country. You actually believe that some speech has more merit than other speech. I believe so much in our country and our Constitution that I do not need to hear what anyone says in order to support their right to say it. I may disagree with the points they are making, but we can all agree to disagree. This is the future folks. Be prepared to bow to your new Asian overlords and have your speech validated by the censors. Welcome to The United States of Asians.
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May 1st, 2007 at 8:39 am
What the special interest groups are fighting for does not destroy the Constitution. The idea of free speech does not give one a ticket to say everything and anything in his mind. You can’t stand in a crowded movie theatre and scream “FIRE!” without getting in trouble. The same goes for supposed ethnic humor…you can do it if you want, but you are going to have to face the consequences. If you allow people to spew their discriminatory stereotypes with out consequences, the younger generation will learn that it will be okay to do such things. When do we stop? When do we start taking responsiblity for our actions? I get called a chink by 7 year olds, I have supposed adults in their middle age going “ching chong ching chong” and “Go back to China!” (When I’m a born American). It’s not about denying people their rights, it’s about changing the future so my kid doesn’t have to go through this, so my mom and dad (who speak perfect English) will no longer be ridiculed, it’s for my Grandmother and Grandfather…It’s for a better future, so that maybe one day we can end hate, hate against Whites, Blacks, Asians, Latinos, Martians…But I must say, your debate against Albert was great. Have a good one.
May 1st, 2007 at 9:58 pm
I agree that for now the special interest groups are not going to destroy the Constitution. Notice I said for now. There are international issues that I will write about soon that will threaten the Constitution if we continue to go down this road of getting our feelings hurt for no good reason. Be very careful when you say something is hate speech, because you might be labeled a hater next. I am also going to write on how to keep from getting offended by discriminatory stereotypes and racial slurs. It seems like OCA and a few other people could use the advice.