The People's Republic of Boulder
Wow. I hadn't realized that it had been a month since I'd last posted. Ah well. Only three people read this damn thing anyway. Let's try to offend them, shall we? You will understand that question better after you read about what has my boxers in a twist today.
From the Colorado town that brought you the JonBenet Ramsey investigation and Ward Churchill, I now give you...drum roll please...THE HATE HOTLINE!!! Yes, ladies and gentlemen. Boulder wants to institute a "Hate Hotline" for anything that offends someone elses delicate ears and sensabilities. Link is here -----> The Denver Post
Now, they are setting this up so people can call in about any racial slurs that they may hear. Hey, did you hear the one about the Polock that put screen doors in a submarine? I can say that. I'm part Polock. Deal with it. However, I guess that I can be reported to the Boulder Thought Police. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FREE SPEECH YOU BASTARDS?!?! Oh, I guess I shouldn't have called them bastards...shhh, don't tell anyone.
This "hotline" is supposed to be centered on racism. However, read the following quote.
In conclusion, I'd like to thank the good people of Boulder for telling me what is alright to say and think. Free speech means free speech. Not "free speech as long as you say the same as I do." Glad to see that the ACLU is on the right side of this issue for once.
From the Colorado town that brought you the JonBenet Ramsey investigation and Ward Churchill, I now give you...drum roll please...THE HATE HOTLINE!!! Yes, ladies and gentlemen. Boulder wants to institute a "Hate Hotline" for anything that offends someone elses delicate ears and sensabilities. Link is here -----> The Denver Post
Now, they are setting this up so people can call in about any racial slurs that they may hear. Hey, did you hear the one about the Polock that put screen doors in a submarine? I can say that. I'm part Polock. Deal with it. However, I guess that I can be reported to the Boulder Thought Police. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FREE SPEECH YOU BASTARDS?!?! Oh, I guess I shouldn't have called them bastards...shhh, don't tell anyone.
This "hotline" is supposed to be centered on racism. However, read the following quote.
There is, for instance, the policy statement condemning the usual individual or collective acts of racism and bigotry. Great. But it also condemns those who attack "personal beliefs and values."So, if that is meant to be taken literally, I can report anyone that doesn't believe the same way I do! Yay! Wait...I don't live in Boulder. Thank god for that. I probably would have been arrested YEARS ago if I did.
In conclusion, I'd like to thank the good people of Boulder for telling me what is alright to say and think. Free speech means free speech. Not "free speech as long as you say the same as I do." Glad to see that the ACLU is on the right side of this issue for once.
posted by Matt at 9:39 AM
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So...if I call you a rock-headed Right Wingnut, can I be reported?
;P
You can call me a tree-hugging liberal commie-hippy bleeding heart...except neither of us would be right. We share the same disease, if I remember correctly - voting Independent. Political parties are - frankly - asinine...not to mention, quite different than when they were coined.
No, neither one of us would be right. However, according to what they are trying to do, we could report eachother to this hotline. And they still aren't clear as to who the hotline actually goes to. The police? Who the fuck knows? This is just another case of Boulder being Boulder. A lovely little town surrounded by a country full of reality.
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