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I am surprised Koko decided to wage a war against Chick-Fil A for giving away some brownies to a local wedding seminar but not waging war against his giants chief rival and long known dirtbag Daniel Snyder. The Redskins owner is trying to get a local journalist fired for writing about his horrible track record as Skins owner and posting a pic of Snyder with horns and a moustache on him.
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Mr Snyder, unsurprisingly, disliked the article. Rather than shaking it off, or writing a response, however, he decided to sue the paper. He is suing for $2m in New York, not Washington; and he announced his suit not by contacting the paper's editor but by threatening the investment company that controls the media company that owns the paper. "We presume that defending such litigation would not be a rational strategy for an investment fund such as yours," threatened a letter from David Donvan, the Redskins' general counsel. "Indeed, the cost of the litigation would presumably quickly outstrip the asset value of the Washington City Paper."
Now.....Is this not a clear cut attempt by Snyder to stifle Freedom of Speech? And worst of all he is using religion to do it by claiming the picture is anti-Semitic. Now, I can't claim to have any feelings on this maybe our Jewish friends can shed some light on it.....but does Snyder have an argument here? Or is he trying to do what Koko did by trying to wage a war over something that is blown way out of proportion and attempting to get people on board with the war by using religion as the rallying cry.....even though religion as nothing to do with it....in my opinion. Is this right or wrong?
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Well again, you're completely out of your mind wrong on the Chick-Fil-A thing. And yes religion has everything do to with that situation. To deny that is saying 2+2=5.
On this one, religion probably has nothing to do with this unless the writer of the article is anti-semetic which you can't really prove so you have go with the more probable scenario that he just thinks Snyder is the devil for all the horrible decisions he's made.
Now remember this is NOT a freedom of speech issue. Way too often people confuse freedom of speech with immunity.
Yes you do have the freedom to say whatever you want in this country without the threat of incarceration, as long as it does not put people in immediate danger, such as yelling "fire" in a public place when there is no fire.
You do NOT have the right to speech without consequences. Nowhere is that in the Bill of Rights. If you run into your boss' office this morning and tell him he's an overpaid blowhard, you can't sue the company for firing you due to freedom of speech issues.
What you say has consequences. Of course you have the freedom to say it. But the people affected by what you say also have the freedom to react.
Now it's totally up to the paper whether this guy gets fired or not. Obviously they did not have a problem with the article because it went through the editor and it was published, so if the investment company that owns the paper has a problem, it's the editor that should be fired, not the writer.
If the company is spineless, they will bow down to Snyder's threats, if not they'll tell him to go back to doing what he does best, ruining the Redskins, and leave the news to the news people.
And as a consumer, the people in Washington can voice their opinion by cancelling their subscriptions if the writer or editor does get fired for the article.
I feel like having one of those new spicy chicken sandwiches. Mmmmmmmm!
Don't forget to order it with a side of Oppression Fries.
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