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Except that he didn't "espouse vitriolic and discrimatory views." A majority of voters in CA pulled the lever for Prop 8. 70% of African-American voters in CA voted "yes" for Prop 8. Doesn't sound discriminatory to me. What it sounds like is political correctness run amok, and punishment for thought crime.


You seem to be under the impression that no majority vote can be discriminatory. I cannot rightly apprehend such a confusion of ideas.


So the majority can't discriminate against a minority?

And those in other minority groups cannot discriminate against a minority?

Is that your argument?


Every complaint about "political correctness gone mad" (that's the Daily Mail catchphrase you're paraphrasing here) really boils down to this:

I enjoy acting like a prick. Somebody with more power than me is forcing me to stop acting like a prick. I don't like it.




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