Comments on: Orwell’s 1984 comes to Massachusetts http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/09/orwells-1984-comes-to-massachusetts/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:49:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Mike http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/09/orwells-1984-comes-to-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-90183 Mike Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:33:52 +0000 http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/09/orwells-1984-comes-to-massachusetts/#comment-90183 My question is if this had been a black man that the manager was engaged to and this “Christian” employee had commented that interracial marriage was “bad stuff” because that was his religious view would that too have been OK? This guy is very simply a religious bigot, which is why he was fired. We all have opinions about all kinds of subjects, but most of us know that the work place is not the place to express those views that are offensive to others. I’m sure the visiting manager was excited about her upcoming marriage, as anyone would be, and her talking about it is a very natural thing to do. Most companies have policies in place that specifically forbid, discriminatory comments of any kind even toward religious organizations. My question is if this had been a black man that the manager was engaged to and this “Christian” employee had commented that interracial marriage was “bad stuff” because that was his religious view would that too have been OK? This guy is very simply a religious bigot, which is why he was fired. We all have opinions about all kinds of subjects, but most of us know that the work place is not the place to express those views that are offensive to others. I’m sure the visiting manager was excited about her upcoming marriage, as anyone would be, and her talking about it is a very natural thing to do. Most companies have policies in place that specifically forbid, discriminatory comments of any kind even toward religious organizations.

]]> By: AA Wulf http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/09/orwells-1984-comes-to-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-90171 AA Wulf Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:29:48 +0000 http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/09/orwells-1984-comes-to-massachusetts/#comment-90171 Nothing in the First Amendment guarantees the right of someone to tell a coworker that their personal beliefs are wrong based on one's own personal religious sentiment. It guarantees the right to not be persecuted for one's religious beliefs, the ability to assemble publicly for their expression, etc. It doesn't give you the free reign to run around at work saying that your coworkers are going to hell. Also, I would be literally floored to find that this guy actually said, "regarding your homosexuality, I think that's bad stuff." I would love to find a recording of him actually saying that, because I don't buy it, not at all, not one bit. This is just another hearsay case where the other side isn't depicted at all. Odds are he was far less "apologetic" in his tone than he makes it out to sound. "Sensationalist" would be too mild a term to describe this post. Nothing in the First Amendment guarantees the right of someone to tell a coworker that their personal beliefs are wrong based on one’s own personal religious sentiment. It guarantees the right to not be persecuted for one’s religious beliefs, the ability to assemble publicly for their expression, etc. It doesn’t give you the free reign to run around at work saying that your coworkers are going to hell.

Also, I would be literally floored to find that this guy actually said, “regarding your homosexuality, I think that’s bad stuff.” I would love to find a recording of him actually saying that, because I don’t buy it, not at all, not one bit. This is just another hearsay case where the other side isn’t depicted at all. Odds are he was far less “apologetic” in his tone than he makes it out to sound.

“Sensationalist” would be too mild a term to describe this post.

]]> By: Pez http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/09/orwells-1984-comes-to-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-90153 Pez Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:47:12 +0000 http://www.angrywhiteboy.org/index.php/2009/11/09/orwells-1984-comes-to-massachusetts/#comment-90153 You are making the statement that free speech is no longer legal in Massachusetts when that is obviously not the case. Free speech is perfectly legal in Massachusetts, just that inappropriate speech, free or not, isnt tolerated in the airport Brookstone. This isnt the Orwellian crisis you are making it out to be. If the guy was offended by the continual mention of the lady's homsexual partner, then he should have gone to HR himself. If someone who worked for me decided to fly a swastika over his cube, I would fire him. You are making the statement that free speech is no longer legal in Massachusetts when that is obviously not the case. Free speech is perfectly legal in Massachusetts, just that inappropriate speech, free or not, isnt tolerated in the airport Brookstone. This isnt the Orwellian crisis you are making it out to be.

If the guy was offended by the continual mention of the lady’s homsexual partner, then he should have gone to HR himself. If someone who worked for me decided to fly a swastika over his cube, I would fire him.

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