And again you refuse to accept there is more to the context of the situation than the video you have seen.
This guy is a known problem, who has violated the rules multiple times and been removed. This is what lead to confrontation, not his shirt.
Here come this guy again, lets nip this in the bud before it starts again.
Not, OOOO... someone we’ve never seen before is wearing a Jesus Saves shirt with a Coexist symbol on the back, we better code red that guy.
Failing to understand that, or even consider that, is just foolish... This guy wasn’t targeted simply because he wore a shirt, he was targeted because he has a history of violating the rules of the mall. You or I, or Joe Shmoe walks into that mall with that same shirt on, no one says a word to us.
This is not some grand example of general discrimination against Christians by this mall, it’s just not. Whether the rent-a-cops handled it right or legally is a different discussion, but to try to turn this into some general case discrimination against christians is just nonsense.
People falling for that spin are no different than the folks who fell for the HS Students in DC “harassing” the indian activist a few years back.
He was removed from the mall for “preaching the gospel” on another occasion, he said in the video. He may have deserved it. This incident is different.
Mall cop said, “Jesus is associated with religion and it’s offending people,” one of the guards tells the man in the video from the Jan. 7 incident. ...
The man tries to reason with the guards, telling them that he didn’t speak or say anything to anyone — in terms of preaching . ...
The story says mall policy forbids “picketing, demonstrating, soliciting, protesting or petitioning” on the premises. The security guard said the man’s religious tee still counted as soliciting even if he was not actively preaching. “Again, sir, it is religious soliciting,” he told him in the video.
“I’m giving you a couple options,” the guard told the man, who was wearing a long-sleeved shirt underneath the T-shirt. “You can take your shirt off and you can go to Macy’s and you can do your shopping — or you could leave the mall. Those are your ONLY options right now.” In other words, the T-shirt was the ONLY problem, not aggressive preaching.
People falling for that spin are no different than the folks who fell for the HS Students in DC “harassing” the indian activist a few years back.
Yes, but you're forgetting that the video of that incident was purposely edited by the news media to make it look like the Covington HS kid was harassing the Indian activist. When people saw the full video, they realized the reverse was true. It was so blatant that I think even the news people (See Tagline.) apologized. Also, the Covington kid successfully sued one or more media outlets for millions of dollars.