Punishing Trump Supporters

[Secret Chief]

I inferred that he no qualms with discriminating against them,
the underlined portion being implied.

"Unless they cause violence, then they should be arrested" suggests otherwise, to me. Unless corrected.

 

[Stevicus]

The bigotry involved in punishing Trump supporters is very much the same kind of bigotry against any other group, including minorities, women or LGBT people...

Does anyone here support this aspect of cancel culture? Which is just left-wing bias renamed.


Ariel Pink Dropped by Label After Attending Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ Rally

“Due to recent events, Mexican Summer and its staff have decided to end our working relationship with Ariel Rosenberg AKA Ariel Pink moving forward,” the label tweeted Friday ~ [After he and fellow indie musician John Mausbeing were spotted at the D.C. rally in photos circulating on social media]

I've never heard of Ariel Pink, but I guess they had to make a business decision. If he's free to sign with another label, then maybe someone else will take him on.

 

[Orbit]

I just wonder how far people can take this... What about an employer finding out one of their staff members attended a protest after work... Grounds for termination?

Attending a riot is breaking a law. As a state employee, it's in your employment contract that if you break the law, you're fired. For private employers, if you tarnish by association their business by illegally attending a riot, you're fired.

 

[Cooky]

Why not?

Because people should be able to think whatever they want, until they take part in violence. That's a basic human right IMO.

 

[Cooky]

Attending a riot is breaking a law. As a state employee, it's in your employment contract that if you break the law, you're fired. For private employers, if you tarnish by association their business by illegally attending a riot, you're fired.

But there was nothing illegal about attending the White House rally.

 

[Orbit]

But there was nothing illegal about attending the White House rally.

It was a riot, not a rally.

 

[ADigitalArtist]

Because people should be able to think whatever they want, until they take part in violence. That's a basic human right IMO.

Nobody can stop you from thinking what you want. But that doesn't mean things you say shouldn't have consequences, or that you are immune from criticism or distancing by people and corporations who want to distance themselves from you. That's their right.

If someone is a KKK member, they're a misguided POS and I have no problem saying so.

 

[Cooky]

Nobody can stop you from thinking what you want. But that doesn't mean things you say shouldn't have consequences, or that you are immune from criticism or distancing by people and corporations who want to distance themselves from you. That's their right.

If someone is a KKK member, they're a misguided POS and I have no problem saying so.

I agree with you, but I would not make any efforts in causing difficulty in their lives because of their KKK membership... I would ignore that and put it on the backburner of my mind, and treat them like anyone else.

 

[ADigitalArtist]

I agree with you, but I would not make any efforts in causing difficulty in their lives because of their KKK membership... I would ignore that and put it on the backburner of my mind, and treat them like anyone else.

I wouldn't. Perpetuating the belief that people of color are inferior and should be treated as such isn't something I would pretend away for the sake of being cordial. That's how those beliefs become normalized.

 

[Cooky]

It was a riot, not a rally.

At the White House..?

...That's all Ariel Pink, the Musician did. He didn't go to the Capitol to riot.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

The bigotry involved in punishing Trump supporters is very much the same kind of bigotry against any other group, including minorities, women or LGBT people...

Not at all!
Dozens of Trump supporters were arrested for an invasion that attempted to overthrow the legally established process. Many Trump supporters eagerly echoed the lies that lead to it. They've shot protestors, and ran them over with cars. Some of them have went as far as to attempt to abduct a governor. They all should be punished for their crimes.
Mike Pence, on the other hand, the Vice President, when he was governor he thought LGBT just existing in a world outside of his Fundamentalist views was guilty enough to have our rights take a back seat to religious bigotry.

 

[Quetzal]

Because people should be able to think whatever they want, until they take part in violence. That's a basic human right IMO.

What if that line of thought is the degradation against a group of people because of their race? In fact, that is a closer example of the very same bigotry this thread is supposedly against.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

It was a riot, not a rally.

Insurrection.

 

[SomeRandom]

Isn’t the American Right a party supposedly known for valuing personal responsibility and accountability?
I guess some can’t walk the walk.

 

[QuestioningMind]

The bigotry involved in punishing Trump supporters is very much the same kind of bigotry against any other group, including minorities, women or LGBT people...

Does anyone here support this aspect of cancel culture? Which is just left-wing bias renamed.


Ariel Pink Dropped by Label After Attending Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ Rally

“Due to recent events, Mexican Summer and its staff have decided to end our working relationship with Ariel Rosenberg AKA Ariel Pink moving forward,” the label tweeted Friday ~ [After he and fellow indie musician John Mausbeing were spotted at the D.C. rally in photos circulating on social media]

Are you suggesting that Mexican Summer doesn't have the right to decide who they will work with? Do you think that Ariel Pink has some protected 'right' to never be dropped by their label?

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Isn’t the American Right a party supposedly known for valuing personal responsibility and accountability?
I guess some can’t walk the walk.

They also really struggle with family values, and basically fail at keeping their own marriages "Biblically approved."

 

[Debater Slayer]

Our silence to injustice is a bigger *****.

I want to be able to do whatever I want in my free-time without being judged and punished by my work. There ought to be a separation of work life and home life... Like separation of church and state. I see it as a human right aligned with personal freedom.

I have no qualms with kkk members. Unless they cause violence, then they should be arrested.

Your own words are basically a parody of themselves. The irony is absolutely hilarious.

 

[QuestioningMind]

The left has been radicalized and don't realize it yet. They are left wingers but not liberals in the classic sense. You can tell them but they aren't likely to listen. I guess they don't see it. They've become more intolerant than the "intolerance" they claim to be against.

Really both sides need to tone down the rhetoric. You have right wingers who make jokes about and reenact death of people by police (admittedly not many of them but some do) and you have left wingers happy a woman got shot in DC and making jokes about that on twitter. So hatred is really getting out of hand. This country can't continue to exist if this polarization continues.

The news is to blame for much of this nonsense.

Yet another false equivalency being pushed by the right.

There has always been a radical left wing and a radical right wing, but in the past neither represented the core of the left or the right. It's only been in the past decade or so that the core of right has shifted so radically. Rush Limbaugh, who used to be on the right's radical fringe who most Republicans constantly found themselves having to distance themselves from is now one of the most influential figures on the right. Today a republican politician who speaks out against Rush get's labeled a RINO and gets primaried out of his/her seat.

Just look at the last election. The Republican's backed Donald Trump as their leader, while the Democrat's backed the terribly 'radicalized' Joe Biden. I think that maybe it's folks like you on the right who have been radicalized and don't even know it.

 

[SomeRandom]

They also really struggle with family values, and basically fail at keeping their own marriages "Biblically approved."

I have noticed that. Strange.
Also I thought the right supported private businesses rights to hire and serve whoever they wanted?
Like I said, some can’t walk the walk

 

[Cooky]

Your own words are basically a parody of themselves. The irony is absolutely hilarious.

It just depends on priorities... My priorities are not to judge individuals. I don't want to pass judgement and punish those who think differently.

...But I have no problem provoking thoughts on different topics. I think that's fair.