NRA spokesperson and woman most likely to be voted He-Babe of the Year by conservatives - Dana Loesch - just said the following about the recent Supreme Court Colorado bakery decision on her show, Relentless:
"This is clearly a victory for Jack Phillips (the baker). The desire of really big, statist government progressives to force people to engage in expression, of course this whole bake the cake thing is far from over. But surprisingly, over in California, a judge just ruled that baker Cathy Miller, yet another baker, was under no obligation to make a wedding cake for a same-sex marriage. Now in the ruling, Kern County Superior Court Judge David Lampe said, quote, 'The right to freedom of speech under the First Amendment outweighs the State's interest in securing a freely accessible marketplace,' and 'the right of freedom of thought guaranteed by the First Amendment includes the right to speak, the right to refrain from speaking, and sometimes the most profound protest is silence.' But this was the best part, Lampe goes on to say that Miller was being forced to, quote, 'use her talents and to design and create a cake that she had not conceived with the knowledge that her work would be displayed in celebration of a marital union that her religion forbids.' Now in other words, that state wants to compel this baker to perform her work at their behest and against the baker's wishes. Now, in the real world, we would call this slavery. We would call this some sort of indentured servitude. Who owns whose labor, right? I mean, that's what this is."
No, it's not. If Jack Phillips were a slave, he wouldn't have had the choice of being a baker. If Jack Phillips were a slave, he'd regularly get whipped for not obeying orders. If Jack Phillips were a slave, he wouldn't be getting paid to do a job he loves. Being required to serve a citizen of the population with whom you may not agree with isn't slavery; it's abiding by the laws of equality. Away from the workplace, Jack Phillips, Dana Loesch, and others are free to believe and spout whatever they so choose. If they want to go on long-winded rants about how they believe all Muslims to be terrorists, all blacks to be lazy, all women to be drama queens, etc., while I may not agree with them, that's their right. They can be as bigoted and ignorant as they'd like. At the workplace, however, while they're still free to believe in such prejudices, the law states they have to temporarily place them on hold, and treat customers as equals, regardless of their age, gender, race, creed, or orientation. What would business across the country look like if we were all permitted to refuse service to a person due to their skin color, how old they were, their gender, what they believed in, or to whom they were attracted? What would this self-described "free" country look like? The problem with Dana Loesch and those like her is the fact they can't seem to accept the concept of equality due to being slaves to their prejudices, and to suggest that equality under the law is akin to slavery is the epitome of ignorance. For suggesting such, I would like to reward Dana Loesch with the Douchebag of the Week award. Congratulations!
https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2018/06/05/nra-spokesperson-dana-loesch-compares-anti-gay-baker-having-serve-gay-couple-slavery/220378
"This is clearly a victory for Jack Phillips (the baker). The desire of really big, statist government progressives to force people to engage in expression, of course this whole bake the cake thing is far from over. But surprisingly, over in California, a judge just ruled that baker Cathy Miller, yet another baker, was under no obligation to make a wedding cake for a same-sex marriage. Now in the ruling, Kern County Superior Court Judge David Lampe said, quote, 'The right to freedom of speech under the First Amendment outweighs the State's interest in securing a freely accessible marketplace,' and 'the right of freedom of thought guaranteed by the First Amendment includes the right to speak, the right to refrain from speaking, and sometimes the most profound protest is silence.' But this was the best part, Lampe goes on to say that Miller was being forced to, quote, 'use her talents and to design and create a cake that she had not conceived with the knowledge that her work would be displayed in celebration of a marital union that her religion forbids.' Now in other words, that state wants to compel this baker to perform her work at their behest and against the baker's wishes. Now, in the real world, we would call this slavery. We would call this some sort of indentured servitude. Who owns whose labor, right? I mean, that's what this is."
No, it's not. If Jack Phillips were a slave, he wouldn't have had the choice of being a baker. If Jack Phillips were a slave, he'd regularly get whipped for not obeying orders. If Jack Phillips were a slave, he wouldn't be getting paid to do a job he loves. Being required to serve a citizen of the population with whom you may not agree with isn't slavery; it's abiding by the laws of equality. Away from the workplace, Jack Phillips, Dana Loesch, and others are free to believe and spout whatever they so choose. If they want to go on long-winded rants about how they believe all Muslims to be terrorists, all blacks to be lazy, all women to be drama queens, etc., while I may not agree with them, that's their right. They can be as bigoted and ignorant as they'd like. At the workplace, however, while they're still free to believe in such prejudices, the law states they have to temporarily place them on hold, and treat customers as equals, regardless of their age, gender, race, creed, or orientation. What would business across the country look like if we were all permitted to refuse service to a person due to their skin color, how old they were, their gender, what they believed in, or to whom they were attracted? What would this self-described "free" country look like? The problem with Dana Loesch and those like her is the fact they can't seem to accept the concept of equality due to being slaves to their prejudices, and to suggest that equality under the law is akin to slavery is the epitome of ignorance. For suggesting such, I would like to reward Dana Loesch with the Douchebag of the Week award. Congratulations!
https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2018/06/05/nra-spokesperson-dana-loesch-compares-anti-gay-baker-having-serve-gay-couple-slavery/220378
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