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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Donald Sterling's First Amendment rights are fully intact as he's not facing censorship from the government and he's also not facing prosecution for what he said in private. Apparently on the same tape, Sterling said 'I love black people', but the conversation needs to be taking in totality and full context and not reduced, as usual, to only a few sound bytes that resonate with Tom Hansen rendering a verdict & decree.<br><br>Also interesting to note is that the NAACP was planning to give Sterling a 2nd lifetime achievement award on May 15th. Sterling received his first NAACP award 5 years ago.<br><br><a href="http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/04/donald-sterling-naacp-award" target="_blank">http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/04/donald-sterling-naacp-award</a><br><br>All of this is so...what's the right phrase...black and white?<br><br>-Scott<br><div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div><div><br>On Apr 29, 2014, at 3:19 PM, "Sue Hovey" <<a href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">suehovey@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote><div>
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<div>Frankly, I think he’s a “dirty old man” with a great looking young woman
friend, and his prejudices and bigotry extend far beyond what he has just
said. Even so, it would seem to me he has a First Amendment right to
say what he thinks. Not knowing what the bylaws of the NBA say to this
issue, I do wonder how they can ban him from games when he owns the team, and I
imagine the courts will be asked to resolve that issue. If the KKK has a First
Amendment right to march down the streets of American cities (and I don’t argue
they do) then maybe Magic Johnson should just have to “suck it up.”
I believe the First Amendment is precious...and yes, there are consequences for
speech that harms, but we have to be very wary of consequences for something
that is purely speech and not overt behavior, which is discrimination and often
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<div>Perhaps the NBA could look into the Cliven Bundy case and remove him from
his ranch just as Sterling has been removed from the Arena. Well maybe
their bylaws don’t extend that far. Damn. </div>
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<div>Sue H. </div>
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<div style=""><b>From:</b> <a title="rforce2003@yahoo.com" href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">Ron Force</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 29, 2014 2:14 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="moscowlocksmith@gmail.com" href="mailto:moscowlocksmith@gmail.com">Gary Crabtree</a> ; <a title="godshatter@yahoo.com" href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">Paul Rumelhart</a>
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<div><b>Cc:</b> <a title="Vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision 2020</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Political correctness run
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<div><span>It wasn't just "black people" dude, it was Magic
Johnson!</span></div>
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<div>Ron Force <br>Moscow Idaho USA</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 1:59 PM, Gary
Crabtree <<a href="mailto:moscowlocksmith@gmail.com">moscowlocksmith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></font></div>
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<div>The guy should be thanking his lucky stars that he wasn't illegally taped
stating that he believed that marriage should be between a man and a women
exclusively. They would be calling for a total confiscation of all his worldly
goods and a summary execution.</div>
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<div class="ecxyiv1557467982gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Paul
Rumelhart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>></span>
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<blockquote class="ecxyiv1557467982gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT:1ex;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;">Donald
Sterling has now been banned for life from games and practices by the NBA
and fined $2.5 million dollars. Why? Because he was recorded saying
bad things about black people in a PRIVATE conversation he was having with
his girlfriend. One that was very likely recorded illegally. Does this
strike anyone here as being over-the-top? Or am I the only one not on
the "OMG! He said bad things about black people!" bandwagon?<br><br>I hate
that we have become a nation of nattering
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