Comments on: The new Blacklist

By: ChardonnayGuy

ChardonnayGuy — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:49:28 +0000

And need I also remind anyone about Northland’s Pompallier Catholic College and Nigel Studdart, who was sacked for expressing his right to freedom of conscience and speech and supporting marriage equality? It cuts both ways.

By: ChardonnayGuy

ChardonnayGuy — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:47:26 +0000

Here’s a heartening case otherwise. In the UK, a Housing Manchester manager made some ‘phobe comments outside working hours, for which he was demoted by his employer. Fortunately, his employment tribunal appeal was successful. Moreover, the bloke in question was actually *supported* by Peter Tatchell, the outspoken UK LGBT rights campaigner. Discriminatory workplace conduct should be covered by anti-discrimination laws, but not instances of adverse comment that occur outside working hours.

By: Lee C

Lee C — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:18:47 +0000

Arguably the most pernicious arrogant hypocritical and corrupted word in the lexicon: ‘Inappropriate’.

Whenever I see that word used, I automatically know some self-serving weasel is going to bully harass and victimise with it.

By: OneTrack

OneTrack — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:54:25 +0000

Progressives, don’t you just love them. Supposedly all for “diversity” until its a diversity that isn’t the “approved” version. Then its off to the gulag with you.

They don’t seem to go on about democracy and free speech as much as they used to. I guess they finally realised it wasnt a good look because they were the ones generally suppressing speech and coming up with reasons why true democracy needed “adjustments” to achieve the desired result.

Scary days.

By: Yoza

Yoza — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:46:22 +0000

Richard29 (268) Says: “You don’t have to go overseas for examples of this kind of thing. We’ve had at least one New Zealander fired from his job for taking a position on the gay marriage debate…”

How dare you turn up at Kiwiblog and attempt to warp the minds of our iron youth with your scurrilous versions of history complete with forged links. Go back to North Korea you stinking communist!

By: DJP6-25

DJP6-25 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:41:52 +0000

Seeing Socialists behave true to form isn’t unusual.

cheers

David Prosser

By: barry

barry — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:15:05 +0000

This subject is starting to become very much like the climate argument – ie: there is more propaganda in the arguement than anything else.

Why is it that the gay community cant accept that some people just dont like them?. And the more they try to force the situation the more they will raise the level of conflict. Its just like the argument about abortion, about religious holidays, about royalty etc, etc. The fact is that some people like the situation just as it is, others want to change it.

There no logic to many of the arguements – its all about “Belief”. And thats pretty much religious.

So the pro-gay lot need to understand that there are a lot of people who simply believe that its wrong. And nothing is going to change that.

By: Richard29

Richard29 — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:52:04 +0000

You don’t have to go overseas for examples of this kind of thing. We’ve had at least one New Zealander fired from his job for taking a position on the gay marriage debate (He criticised the principal for using a school newsletter to take a position on gay marriage and supported students expressing support for marriage equality by wearing coloured wristbands).
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10835530

By: MT_Tinman

MT_Tinman — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:46:26 +0000

RRM (5,762) Says:
November 16th, 2012 at 11:10 am
Angela McCaskill’s treatment seems wrong.

But I would totally avoid a restaurant that I knew to be campaigning against gay marriage rights.

Why for christs sake? why?

Surely you go to a restaurant because it serves good food, is clean and offers good service.

What has someone’s political/racial/sexual orientation views got to do with that?

By: Mark1

Mark1 — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:42:13 +0000

“Targeting people, and the business they work for, just because they made a donation to a cause you don’t approve of is not healthy.” Which cause did Wishart make a donation to Graeme?

By: Redbaiter

Redbaiter — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:32:19 +0000

Some would say they’re only getting what they’ve always asked for.

Orwellian attempts at speech and thought control have been about for decades and if it was going to be stopped it should have been stopped right at the start. The bottom line is that it is mainly just another means for the left to advance their political agenda. The real tragedy is the so called right have always been right behind it.

Here’s another example of this disgusting but unfortunately widespread practice-

Fox 19 anchor back on the air after suspension for calling Rachel Maddow an ‘angry young man’ on Facebook

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/fox-anchor-suspended-calling-rachel-maddow-angry-young-man-article-1.1201800

By: Griff

Griff — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:22:08 +0000

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thy own eye?

Both party’s ignore their own corruption of freedom.

By: Graeme Edgeler

Graeme Edgeler — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:19:29 +0000

Didn’t you call for a boycott of all books written by Ian Wishart based on his writing the Macsyna King book?

By: Harriet

Harriet — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:16:15 +0000

Being gay is a religion, they can’t prove it, they have the same fertility rates as the general population and their ‘bits and pieces’ are in good working order to do what they are designed to do:Procreate.

The “I’m gay” screech, “gay marriage” and the ‘gay march’ through the public institutions and the news media is fanaticism.

It is demanded of the government to stay out of bedroom antics, but ‘bedroom antics’ are now at the center of government policy.

How ironic! How pathetic!

By: peterwn

peterwn — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:14:38 +0000

Joe McCarthy will be laughing from his grave.
J Edgar would also probably be amused.

By: RRM

RRM — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:10:55 +0000

Angela McCaskill’s treatment seems wrong.

But I would totally avoid a restaurant that I knew to be campaigning against gay marriage rights.

By: kowtow

kowtow — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:09:20 +0000

“Progressive” causes and their exponents are genuinely oppressive .Typical leftists. Free speech for me but not for thee.

By: Bob R

Bob R — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:07:37 +0000

*** “some feel it is inappropriate for an individual serving as chief diversity officer”***

It’s slightly ironic that someone who has probably benefited greatly from the Orwellian* system that creates a “chief diversity officer” is now being punished by the thought police in that system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwellian