September 13, 2012
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Suing for Racism
So a guy walks into Hooters with his girlfriend…
I know, I know… Anyone reading that is going to think I’m setting up a joke, but this is something that really happened.
A guy walks into Hooters with his girlfriend and they sit down to order some food. They observe some of the workers laughing in a corner, and when they are given their receipt it says “Chinx” in the section for the customers name.
The couple was Korean, and in this case they were true Koreans/immigrants from Korea, not people born in the US. They were so shocked/enraged by the receipt that they apparently lost their appetite, and are now involved in a lawsuit against Hooters.
The management of Hooters has already fired the young lady who rang them up, and they have already apologized for the insult. So why is the lawsuit necessary, and on what grounds will the case be predicated?
I realize that people on the left would like to have racism made into a prosecutable legal offense, but the most important freedoms that makes our country worth living in is freedom of speech. Freedom of speech means that people can express their views, thoughts, and opinions even if they hurt someone else’s feelings. Usually the left will say, “Yes, we like freedom of speech but there is such a thing as being responsible.” Yes there is, and that means owning the consequences of your actions, not having your freedom of choice taken away. This girl has already paid for her actions, and she probably has learned a lesson from it. Any worker who insults any customer for any reason is bad for business.
“Well don’t you think things would be better if people couldn’t say racist things?” a liberal might ask. No, absolutely not. Shackling people’s mouths means more suffering. I would rather risk getting my feelings hurt, than facing legal actions such as paying fines, going to jail, or being blacklisted. My freedom is more important than my feelings. I will get over hurt feelings, or say something snarky in return if I am really offended, but it’s not so easy to shrug off getting arrested.
“Don’t say anything racist.”
How about you just don’t get your feelings hurt, or when it happens you handle it like a grownup? What consitutes “racist” is often subjective, just like the Salem witch trials.
A smart judge will throw out this case and tell them to grow up. Even with NDAA and all the other insanity going on I don’t think this case will go anywhere. There is just nothing here to build a case on. It would be one thing if they were seeking employment and were discriminated against based on their race, but being called any kind of racial slur is not a crime.
To be fair, Asians in the US probably receive one of the highest levels of racism. The reason I say this is that they are not as protected by the PC mob as other groups do to their high level of achievement. In addition, most people are not scared of Asians. If it were a black couple I doubt anyone would have put “nigs” or anything on their receipt, because the fact is that most people are scared of black people. I’m not trying to insult anyone here, just being real.
Also, I’m thinking that even if the judge is a liberal the case will be dismissed because the cashier who drafted the receipt was black…
…unless someone else was logged in using Shenika’s account. Because according to left wing intellectuals only white people can be racist, so in this case it would have to be written off as a typo on Shenika’s part.
But in all seriousness, my guess is that this couple just has yet to acclimate to the US and understand the laws. Obviously they don’t get what’s going on or they never would have gone on a date to Hooters. The fact that they would go there as a couple is a clear indication that some neurons aren’t firing properly. Seriously. Hooters? What kind of an idiot takes his girlfriend to Hooters, and what kind of woman is OK with that? Maybe a lot of men are going to Hooters for the breasts and thighs, but not the chicken. Come on.
That’s all I have to say on this.
