Public Internet shaming

I don't know. She showed up to her work dressed as a marathon bombing victim? That's some kind of fucked-up lack of judgment there. Even without provocation, I'd think her employer would be wondering long and hard about her maturity level and what else she does that could reflect poorly on them.

It doesn't mean the people who have been going out of their way to harass her and try to get her fired are not assholes. But she's light-years away from being an innocent victim.

 

I'm not gonna lie: I snickered a bit.

 

She's far from a victim. Creating a Twitter handle of "someskankinMI" reinforces her poor judgment.

Doesn't mean the keyboard warriors of America are any less culpable.

 

Go on.

 

Yeah, you know, this girl did something dumb, so let's rape her.

That'll show her that she can't use her First Amendment rights!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/what-happens-when-you-dress-as-a-boston-marathon-victim

 

Freedom of speech does not equal freedom from consequences.

This is basic. How do you not grasp that?

This isn't a First Amendment issue. At all.

 

How in the world do you figure that? So if I don't like a shirt you wear, I can threaten to blow up your house, or hurt you physically? Of course this is a First Amendment right issue. I don't care that she was fired, and reading the story, neither does she. But rape threats? Those are pretty over-the-top 'consequences', don't you think?

 

The reasons why you can't retaliate with threats to blow up her house or hurt her physically have nothing to do with the First Amendment.

 

Well, yeah. But to say this isn't a First Amendment issue is incorrect. It's not far from the Westboro Baptist Church, and the threats lodged against it for exercising its rights.

 

And suddenly I'm having trouble remembering why I took you off ignore.

But here, I'll try this: The first words of the First Amendment are "Congress shall make no law ..." You show me where her wearing a stupid costume and being threatened (which I'm NOT OK with, full disclosure) has anything to do with a law that restricts her right to do just that.

I'll hang up and listen.

 

So we're going to argue over semantics now? That yes, she has a right to wear whatever she wants, but no rights against getting raped. OK, you win. Congratulations.

As I mentioned earlier, the punishment never fit the crime. America truly does have an ugly side that rears its head far too often.

 

Holy shit. That's not what I said at all. Nor is that the argument you were making.

You said it's a First Amendment issue. I've shown why it's not. I'm offering to hear your point of view on how it is.