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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Thu Sep 3, 2015, 09:31 PM Sep 2015

The clown car scrambles for its "Je Suis Charlie" moment with a fucking bigoted clerk

Huckabee, Cruz...who gives a glying fuck if they "stand with" this woman?

I believe in principles. I believe in religious freedom, I believe in a peson standing behind their convictions.

I also believe that if you work at Arby's you'd better serve me a fucking sandwich, and if you're in the business of issuing marriage licenses, you''d better issue that fucking license. Otherwise, take your bigoted fucking ass...whether it's against cops, gays, or rodeo clowns, I don't care...and go get a job where you can be the person you think you need to be.

Disgusting, but not as disgusting as Huckabee, Cruz, and god knows who's nexct trying to make political hay out of it.

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The clown car scrambles for its "Je Suis Charlie" moment with a fucking bigoted clerk (Original Post) Miles Archer Sep 2015 OP
This sounds dumb, and it is dumb, but I have religious principles. AngryAmish Sep 2015 #1
Yep, that's exactly what I was saying. Miles Archer Sep 2015 #2
People who don't understand what the Supreme Court does shenmue Sep 2015 #3
I stand behind my convictions. I don't ask other people to do it for me. Taitertots Sep 2015 #4
Just what, exactly, does "stand with" mean in this case? mindwalker_i Sep 2015 #5
imagine if govt workers could ignore all these other things due to religious belief: Liberty Belle Sep 2015 #6
Great rant! Scurrilous Sep 2015 #7
Je Suis George Wallace ? nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2015 #8
 

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
1. This sounds dumb, and it is dumb, but I have religious principles.
Thu Sep 3, 2015, 09:34 PM
Sep 2015

I just do. If it came between my principles, which as a nonbeliever now, conflicts with my job, out goes the job.

Resign, you asshole.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
2. Yep, that's exactly what I was saying.
Thu Sep 3, 2015, 09:41 PM
Sep 2015

It's a two-sided coin. I don't want anyone to tell me what my values "should" be, but if I found myself in a job where I couldn't reconcile my values with the task I was being paid to perform, or if I didn't want to serve "certain people," I'd leave, or I'd expectr to have my ass fired.

This woman should not be made a hero for her actions. And sadly, that's exactly what's happening. All of my conservative friends have already made her a poster child.

 

Taitertots

(7,745 posts)
4. I stand behind my convictions. I don't ask other people to do it for me.
Thu Sep 3, 2015, 10:16 PM
Sep 2015

I don't work for employers that would cause me to compromise my values. If it means turning down working at defense contractors (huge poacher of industrial engineers) or working for conservative think tanks (poacher of people with Econ/business degrees). I don't go to work and demand my employer bend to my personal convictions. That's not standing up for what you believe in, it's making someone else do it for you. We need to make that the narrative.

mindwalker_i

(4,407 posts)
5. Just what, exactly, does "stand with" mean in this case?
Thu Sep 3, 2015, 10:18 PM
Sep 2015

Are they going to "stand with" her in jail, or are they just going to waste a bunch of oxygen trying to grab some of the good wishes from the crazy-ass people? By "standing with" her, are they taking any sort of risk? Is this in any way a stance that will harm them?

The answer is pretty clearly "no," so I conclude that they're just leaching off her sacrifice - if you can even call it that.

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