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Black teens "throwing gang signs on a ride" wouldn't have been banned from the park.
Give me a break.
Bull, I have heard stupid stories of guests wearing Kurt Warner football jerseys being told to take them off in theme parks. He wore #13, which apparently hit too close to home with particular parks who were in areas with Ms-13 problems.
These are just KIDS! Calling them racist right off the bat is really jumping the gun.
They did it because of all the attention the gesture is getting on social media. All the fussing. Without that, no hand gestures.
I knew a couple guys growing up that got their jollies spray painting swastikas on synagogs and "6 million more" slogans. Asked why they hated Jews, they replied, "We don't. We just love to stir up shyt"
These are just KIDS! Calling them racist right off the bat is really jumping the gun.
They did it because of all the attention the gesture is getting on social media. All the fussing. Without that, no hand gestures.
I knew a couple guys growing up that got their jollies spray painting swastikas on synagogs and "6 million more" slogans. Asked why they hated Jews, they replied, "We don't. We just love to stir up shyt"
That is a valid point. And they did get attention, so - both sides are happy, yes?
Thing is, they're at an age where it's very useful to learn that actions may have consequences. It's not as if they were shipped off to Devil's Island - they were blocked from an amusement park. Seems fairly proportionate.
At their age, I wore a uniform and we sang marching songs with lyrics that no right-thinking human being would endorse - to stir up stuff, as you so rightly put it - and we got our action-consequence lesson when the colonel's wife happened to be within earshot. Extremely useful lesson for a bunch of unspanked young cubs.
These are just KIDS! Calling them racist right off the bat is really jumping the gun.
They did it because of all the attention the gesture is getting on social media. All the fussing. Without that, no hand gestures.
I knew a couple guys growing up that got their jollies spray painting swastikas on synagogs and "6 million more" slogans. Asked why they hated Jews, they replied, "We don't. We just love to stir up shyt"
Yeah and they are widely known as the Universal kids now. Why would anyone hire them if they are looking for a summer job?
Black teens "throwing gang signs on a ride" wouldn't have been banned from the park.
Give me a break.
That is sheer unfounded speculation, just as it would be if I said definitively that they WOULD. I said IF they were, then they could try to sue if they wanted...but I doubt if they'd win. Just the same as in this case. If these kids or their parents think it's so outrageous that they were denied a day of entertainment as a consequence of the flavor of their speech, then they have as much access to the courts as me or you.
What's funny to me about this, is that a lot of people I know who would throw hissy fits about this, are the same who uphold the right of a private business to discriminate against others...just not those matching their own demographic or ideology. On the other hand, while I'm a left-of-center independent, and fully support the LGBTQ+ community in general and on principle, I actually felt that the bakers should have the right to say no, in the cake case. My personal belief is, unless your business is necessary to life and limb, AND there are no reasonable alternatives, you should have the right to refuse service to anybody. And then those who you refused service to, can go fuss at the media and talk crap about it, and if people on their side want to boycott you, then they should be able to do that, though I draw the line at making threats. That's just not civil behavior. A cake getting made isn't life and limb, and there are other bakeries in town.
And these kids were not denied gas from the only station in 100 miles, electricity from the only utility in town, nor food to eat, nor life-saving medical care. They were denied a day of fun. I support the park's right to do that. And the other Nazis and edgy teenage white boys can certainly feel free to loudly boycott Universal, if it makes them feel better.
Nazi Punks “buzz” off-Univesal
(Doesn’t have the same ring to it :/ )
I'm sure Jello will forgive you.
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