Baseball Player Has Anti-Gay Slur Under Eyes

[Orignal Earl]

G'dam Harper..conservatives ruining my Country

 

[DominionSeraph]

I really want to know how the Anandtech forums managed to collect this menagerie of conservative idiots. I mean, concepts that your average 85 IQ conservatard would be able to grasp go past this special group.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Who does this guy think he is? Using his first amendment like its his rights or somthing. We oughtta' just get rid of that silly old thing.

Yeah, Cuba and Canada provide freedom of speech in their first amendments. Oh wait...

 

[shira]

I would submit that it is you who misunderstands free speech.

This mythical notion of "the right to not be offended" baffles me.

No such "right" exists. What people are really implying with the "right to not be offended" is wanting to silence whatever is perceived as offensive. That certainly flies in the face of the concept of free speech as we know it.

You are just plain wrong.

No one has the right under the Constitution to engage in ANY activities in the workplace - speech or otherwise - other than designated work activities. There are some reasonable exceptions (for example, accommodations which a business must make for a nursing mother or for the daily prayers of a religious Muslim).

Outside of a work setting, everyone has the right to express their political, social, and religious views. But a baseball player in a ballpark is "at work," and he has no general free speech rights while he's working.

 

[Incorruptible]

You are just plain wrong.

No one has the right under the Constitution to engage in ANY activities in the workplace - speech or otherwise - other than designated work activities. There are some reasonable exceptions (for example, accommodations which a business must make for a nursing mother or for the daily prayers of a religious Muslim).

Outside of a work setting, everyone has the right to express their political, social, and religious views. But a baseball player in a ballpark is "at work," and he has no general free speech rights while he's working.

Wait, this guy is subject to his workplace rules yet the Muslim isn't, pretty weird double standards

 

[shira]

I am fortunate to work where we have freedom of speech

Really? So you think that if during your two 15-minute breaks each day you stand on a soapbox and give speeches about how you think your company has lousy products and lousy benefits and lousy pay, and that you know about a competing company that is a lot better to its employees - if you make speeches like that twice a day - every day - while at work, you think your employer is not going to fire your ass?

 

[dennilfloss]

Did this happen during a game in Toronto or Boston? Because free speech is delimited differently in Canada compared to the US. For example, speech that might be viewed as promoting hatred against a group can get you arrested in Canada.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Did this happen during a game in Toronto or Boston? Because free speech is delimited differently in Canada compared to the US. For example, speech that might be viewed as promoting hatred against a group can get you arrested in Canada.

In Canada and the player is Cuban. Of course, the troll OP left that information out.

 

[dawp]

Actually that's not quite right. He still has the freedom to write what he wants even at work under freedom of speech. However, freedom of speech does not also equal freedom of consequence for that speech. That seems to be what AlreadyCorrupted is missing here.

incorrigible is a better name for him.


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/incorrigible

in·cor·ri·gi·ble
   [in-kawr-i-juh-buhl, -kor-] Show IPA
adjective
1.
not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
2.
impervious to constraints or punishment; willful; unruly; uncontrollable: an incorrigible child; incorrigible hair.
3.
firmly fixed; not easily changed: an incorrigible habit.
4.
not easily swayed or influenced: an incorrigible optimist.

 

[ScoobMaster]

You are just plain wrong.

No one has the right under the Constitution to engage in ANY activities in the workplace - speech or otherwise - other than designated work activities. There are some reasonable exceptions (for example, accommodations which a business must make for a nursing mother or for the daily prayers of a religious Muslim).

Outside of a work setting, everyone has the right to express their political, social, and religious views. But a baseball player in a ballpark is "at work," and he has no general free speech rights while he's working.

I agree with you and everyone else posting on the point that employees must adhere to workplace standards while on the job and that if they do not the employer has every right to punish or terminate employment (I mis-read and misunderstood the intent in the OP and article - my bad). I'll give you the benefit of the doubt as you probably reacted to my first post before continuing on in the thread and viewing my second where I posted my "mea culpa".

I can also agree with accommodations for nursing mothers, but as far as excepting behavior for religious reasons... that I cry foul on. I don't think any business owner should be MANDATED to allow for religious practices. Religion, like many other things in life is a CHOICE. So is accepting employment and the terms thereof. If you believe that the terms of employment are incompatible with your religion, you can choose to not take the job or drop/overlook your religious rules. Employers can of course VOLUNTARILY make the decision to make concessions for religious practices (and in many cases it is good PR to do so if it does not hamper productivity or strain worker relations). I just don't believe they should be forced to under penalty of law.

 

[Phokus]

I really want to know how the Anandtech forums managed to collect this menagerie of conservative idiots. I mean, concepts that your average 85 IQ conservatard would be able to grasp go past this special group.

I'm guessing a lot of inbreeding, that's the only real explanation.

 

[WelshBloke]

I'm guessing a lot of inbreeding, that's the only real explanation.

Or you're just being trolled.

 

[hal2kilo]

"You're"

And you're one of the many who don't have a brain.

your, you're, there, their

It all a blur to him.

 

[cybrsage]

Provided the free speech rights in Canada are akin to those in the US, then he was within his rights to put the phrase under his eyes. His employer is also within its rights to terminate his contract due to his behavior. IMO, since he used his rights his employer should follow suit and use theirs.