No doubt a large flashing neon sign for an abortion clinic would be heartily welcomed in this same New England village.
Tyranny by the minority in action. The bigotry of low expectations. This Green Mountain Boy is long-gone.
City manager Katherine Decarreau tingled with glee as she celebrated the stifling of free expression on the altar of contrived offense. "The cool part of living in a diverse community is that it's not always comfortable,” she said. “It’s a fascinating place with lots of opportunities for conversation.”
This willful surrender to the complaint of a Muslim about a sign that advertised bacon and the town manager's dopey response that reeks with politically correctness is both amusing as it reflects the insanity of the left in America and sad as it also reflects the rapid erosion of our constitutional right to free speech, taken incrementally, one piece at a time.
That this incident was motivated by a Muslim complaining about a sign advertising bacon (on public property) indicates how easy it is to intimidate Americans with PC rubbish. So much for the joys of multiculturalism.
Let a bunch of bacon-loving Christians show up to speak at their next City council meeting and see how cool the little Ms. thinks it is.
Or considering that for a Muslim, living in America, still a majority Christian country, with the Christian faith not having any real rules in regards to food.
As long as the conversation doesn't include the word "bacon," apparently. If it does, it will be immediately shut down and so the opportunity for conversation is lost.
I find it intolerable to live in today's "Through the Looking Glass" world, where:
* Liberty is now condemned as "on your own economics" (i.e. "freedom is slavery");
* Bill Clinton is black and Clarence Thomas is white;
* Those of us who insist that the Constitution be followed are extremists while those who want to replace it with a totalitarian oligarchy are "moderates"; and
* The most reprehensibly intolerant religion in the world demands tolerance for itself and obedience from those who do not belong to it.
Burlington is beautiful. My cousin lives there. Go. Visit it. Eat at their restaurants.
Just don’t talk to the locals. They will make your head explode.
The old adages of Yankee Common sense mean less and less as you get closer to B-ton.
Winooski is a burb of Burlington. That explains it completely.
“”Religions may have whatever dietary restrictions they wish””
Wouldn’t it be great if Mormons and Seventh Day Adventists took up the same cause for foods that are restricted to them? I’d love to see it begin in Seattle over coffee!!!!!