Oh, John Rocker, have you learned anything about anything since you embarrassed yourself years ago? You’re writing for WorldNetDaily, so I’m guessing you haven’t:
Technically, as our Founding Fathers intended, we are all given the undeniable right to voice our thoughts and opinions freely without fear of scorn and/or ridicule derived from non-agreement.
Incorrect. That is not what the Constitution says. Indeed, the First Amendment says that we all have the right to voice our thoughts and opinions freely, so here’s me exercising that right by correcting you, mocking you a bit and joining Blue Texan in saying you need to read the damn Constitution and refrain from making a fool of yourself in the future, Mr. Rocker.
Yes, the rest of the article is Rocker making words about the Chick-Fil-A thing, but his entire premise is wrong, as I just showed, so there’s no need to spend a bunch of time parsing his words.
Angry anti-gay activist Rocker demands that we all shut up and let homophobalists take away our rights and revile us. His “freedom of speech” only applies to those like him. As usual, millions of patriotic, pro-equality Americans are to be silenced, censored and locked out of the public square when it comes to OUR freedom of speech and religious beliefs.
Here is what this idiot said:
“Technically, as our Founding Fathers intended, we are all given the undeniable right to voice our thoughts and opinions freely without fear of scorn and/or ridicule derived from non-agreement. ”
Here is what the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Doesn’t say a damn thing about fear of scorn and ridicule. If you say something idiotic, you deserve scorn and ridicule and there is no constitutional protection from it. Stick with what you know, Rocker, not what you don’t.
Why is it RW whackjobs bleat endlessly about the Constitution when they’re so woefully ignorant about it?
The same reason they bleat about the bible when they’re so woefully ignorant about it.
The constition was drafted and signed into law by 3/4 of the men who were christians and had seminary degrees.
What to you hetirafobes think about that!!!?
It doesn’t change what they put in, which is an explicit freedom of religion for the expressed purpose of keeping church and state seperate.
I’d also like to know what a “hetirafobe” is.
@Tanner: One day, Truth Wins Out will have the capacity to translate comments into English from other languages, but until then, can you refrain from using words like “constition” and “hetirafobes,” in order to make things less confusing for literate readers?
(I’m kidding. I know you’re simply too dumb to know how to spell. No worries!)
When I read that quote from Rocker, I immediately thought this had to be a Poe’s Law moment.
@Tanner: What exactly is a “hetiraphobe”? I’m at a loss as to how to translate that word. Such a word is not even listed in my Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Is this word a mutilation of some other word or just some made up word you decided to use for lack of a better word?
If this word is what I THINK it is then you would be so dead wrong about its usage. Most of us “hetiraphobes”, as you so put it, have no fear of straight people. Most of my friends are “hetira’s” and they have no problem with me being a “homo” I respect them, they respect me…easy peasy. I would think that the only people that have a problem with a person being a “homo” is a “hetira” who is not comfortable with his own “hetira”sexuality.
Tanner said “The constition was drafted and signed into law by 3/4 of the men who were christians and had seminary degrees.”.
That quite simply is one of a long list lies told by christian web sites and the likes of David Barton.
Tanner – get an education, please. Disagree if you must, but at least do it in semi-sort-of correct English. Interesting that among the Founding Founders was also an atheist. Yes, most of them were believers in an Almighty and still they crafted a constitution that did not espouse any of the Christian bigotry that we gay people face from you christian soldiers today. It was dedicated to the equality of all, down to the individual. And NO, if you think it already, we were not founded as a Christian nation and our laws are not based on Judeo/Christian beliefs or requirements.
@Tanner: 3/4 of the Christians in the world signed the Constitution? An impressive feat, indeed!
I think you actually mean that 3/4 of them were Christians, which is quite different.
In any case, neither would be at all relevant.
Oh! And fun fact, if “heterophobe” were an actual word it would mean “fear of difference”–I assure you, I am quite the heterophile!
Now, admittedly, you were probably intending to reference the word “homophobe,” which is a word I personally dislike for a few reasons (this is one of them), but even if we go ahead and use it to mean prejudice against heterosexuals than you’re still quite wrong. Most of my friends are heterosexuals.
I only dislike evil heterosexuals. And, for the record, that’s more because they are evil than because they’re heterosexuals–my straight friends and I all have problems with both evil homosexuals and evil heterosexuals, and we’re all pretty cool with the decent ones.
Now, that was fun, but not productive. To the point:
But that’s literally the opposite of freedom of speech! He’s suggesting that the freedom of speech bans the things that it actually protects against banning!
But the answers to *real* issues are so obvious and straightforward I can’t show of my sarcasm as much.