Posted on 12/07/2007 8:23:13 AM PST by Sopater
I’m a little confused... “Criminal use of computer systems”? Not on HIS blog, not on his time, not on his computer. Nope.
I think a lot of people missed his point though. He was talking about the TEACHERS union, which is why this was an issue.
Yep, the poster was taking the ‘Li’l Abner’ approach, paroding conservatives as sub-literate, squirrel-eating morons.
The guy who runs the blog comes off as articulate, literate and open minded. The nitwit teacher comes off as a knee-jerk bonehead with a very limited capacity to make an argument.
But if that was a crime we would not have enough prisons.
“I’m fairly certain the First Amendment doesn’t delineate between stupid and intelligent speech,” Robinson said. “It protects it all.”
Or all liberals would be in jail.
I’m not sure that free speech includes solicitations to murder people.
And it’s all the dirtier since he did it to spread hatred of supposed conservative bigots.
It’s virtually certain that the misspellings were deliberate. He was pretending to be an ignorant redneck, and he assumed that conservatives are too dumb to spell correctly.
The Left has set up the legal machinery to prosecute people for "hate" crimes. Then the liberals themselves commit the "crimes" and try to frame or discredit the middle class white folks in America for being "racist." Or they pound the drums for even more stringent "hate" crimes laws. I've seen happen many times.
And he should be fired.
I certainly wouldn’t tolerate this.
He’s a liberal playing a sick game, so they excuse his behavior as the right to self expression. If he had actually been a conservative just expressing his opinion, I doubt they would have been so quick to invoke the First Amendment. They would have fired him summarily and would never have forgiven him.
If he wasn’t a member of the NEA, the MSM would be going NUTS over this story.
I agree that public disgrace is enough of a punishment. On the other hand, if it wasn’t investigated as a crime, we’d never have known the facts.
It's not a crime to be stupid, but it sure makes life a lot harder. The troll thought he was being clever and delivering a withering blow to the anti teachers union neaderthals. It didn't occur to him that that the cops would show up and perp-walk his ass.
Stupidity isn't a crime but it sure has a price.
Agreed. I can’t believe personally that they even thought about bringing criminal charges. Fire from job I can understand, but criminal charges? Hate it when I have to defend people I don’t agree with.
This reminds me of the ‘minorities’ that hang nooses on their own dorm doors, or write racist graffiti on public buildings to ‘call attention’ to white racism when they can’t find any valid true samples of it handy.
they do not understand conservatives at all.
Actually, squirrel tastes pretty good. Damn good, in fact. Like any other food, it has to be prepared properly.
Yup. If you want to use clever rhetorical devices that involve deliberate errors, you have to prove your prowess at spelling and grammer so the deliberateness is clear if you don’t want to come across as a dolt—well, unless it’s absolutely brilliant rhetoric:
“We was robbed!” stands out as a shining example of enallage, even though boxing managers are not known for good grammar.
Check.
I like your thinking.
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