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originally posted by: The2Billies
originally posted by: Krakatoa
originally posted by: IAMTAT
With list compiled and enthusiastically and widely distributed...the commercial boycotting and shaming will begin against any studio, producer, director, etc. which employs anyone on the list.
That is the ultimate purpose of the list.
People have the right to keep their political affilliations seperate from their professional life...sanctity of the voting booth and all.
And if they do begin blacklisting people based upon their political viewpoints, it will be decided in a court of law, guaranteed. And that court being in California, anyone want to guess which way the decision will be? If this continues, unabated, expect to see it appealed and pushed higher into the federal judiciary. Where a more fair decision can be made.
However, that said, I still support (although do not agree with) the position of doxxing and blacklisting in this manner. It is within their 1st amendment right, but, I'll let the SCOTUS be the ultimate arbiter if it even gets that far.
www.criminaldefenselawyer.com...
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Doxing - cyberbullying - is illegal
Blacklisting should be illegal, it is certainly immoral when done based simply on discrimination
And if they do begin blacklisting people based upon their political viewpoints, it will be decided in a court of law, guaranteed.
Doxing - cyberbullying - is illegal
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: The2Billies
Read your own links. The first two deal with people directly contacting the persons in question via email, not asking your friends to boycott them.
The third deals with your former employer tying to prevent you from working.
None of these covers the two women in the Original Post.
It is perfectly ok in today's society to bully, and deny employment based on a single group characteristic (bigotry/prejudice) if the person bullied and not allowed to work is a conservative, I get it. Then it is not anywhere near like bullying and denying Jews the right to work in WWII. Because conservatives are evil and must be shamed/punished for incorrect thinking?????
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: The2Billies
Doxing - cyberbullying - is illegal
Acknowledging someone attended an event isn't doxing though.
By that logic, we wouldn't be allowed to discuss who is involved with CAIR PAC, or any other Political Action Committee for that matter, and that is just silly.
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: The2Billies
It is perfectly ok in today's society to bully, and deny employment based on a single group characteristic (bigotry/prejudice) if the person bullied and not allowed to work is a conservative, I get it. Then it is not anywhere near like bullying and denying Jews the right to work in WWII. Because conservatives are evil and must be shamed/punished for incorrect thinking?????
Why do you keep acting like conservatives are being persecuted like the Jews in WWII? It's not even close enough to compare.
Plus both sides go on the internet "demanding" someone lose their job because of something political they said. This is nothing new.... It happens all the time on both sides.... Both sides just like to call foul and act like they get the low end of the stick more often.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
Now I'm just speculating, not accusing. . . . .
But what if a group of evil leftist Hollywood actors wanted to create a list of people who support Trump in order to kill them?
I could imagine a scenario where that might be possible with some leftist actors, potentially.
And killing people is wrong and often bad.
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: The2Billies
Doxing - cyberbullying - is illegal
Acknowledging someone attended an event isn't doxing though.
Let's say the "event" is an Alanon meeting...publishing the names of people attending THAT event isn't doxing of a sort?
Hollywood stars demanding the blacklisting of Trump supporters...
Please print a list of all attendees please. The public has a right to know.
Hey, @THR, kindly report on everyone attending this event, so the rest of us can be clear about who we don't wanna work with. Thx.
...isn't that totalitarian or fascist?
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: Krakatoa
But do we actually know "why" they are collecting names?
In theory, they couldn't come out and say, "Hi! We want the names of people we want to murder".
They'd have to say something different, wouldn't they?
Hurley, who is a well-known conservative, said he hoped that he might be able to discuss his political difference with Messing and McCormack, personally.
'It's very difficult to be a conservative in Hollywood. Even though there are many of us, you do feel you are an island fighting the storm... all viewpoints must be observed and respected,' he said. 'At the same time we are supporting free thinking, we also have to support free receptors – people that will allow other ideas to infect them. Some of the best convos I've ever had on Seinfeld... were with Michael Richards who thinks totally different than I do. I couldn't wait to present him with an issue because I was always interested in his perspective.'
'Bryan Cranston... is the complete opposite of me. We can sit for hours and discuss an idea... not with the premise of trying to convince each other,' O'Hurley continued.